Comments on: To Make Eye Contact or To Not Make Eye Contact https://whmusictherapy.com/2015/08/to-make-eye-contact-or-to-not-make-eye-contact/ In-Home Music Therapy in Miami, Florida - Wholesome Harmonies, LLC Thu, 13 Aug 2015 23:39:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Amy https://whmusictherapy.com/2015/08/to-make-eye-contact-or-to-not-make-eye-contact/#comment-3037 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 23:39:04 +0000 http://whmusictherapy.com/?p=12127#comment-3037 In reply to Carrie.

Hi Carrie, I’ve often thought the same thing about not always making direct and continuous eye contact in our day to day encounters. We definitely shouldn’t be pushing this on our clients if we find it’s making us uncomfortable!

]]> By: Amy https://whmusictherapy.com/2015/08/to-make-eye-contact-or-to-not-make-eye-contact/#comment-3036 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 23:37:24 +0000 http://whmusictherapy.com/?p=12127#comment-3036 In reply to CJ Shiloh.

Ooooo thank you for that offer! You are the perfect person for a guest lecture on a topic like this!

]]> By: Amy https://whmusictherapy.com/2015/08/to-make-eye-contact-or-to-not-make-eye-contact/#comment-3035 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 23:36:03 +0000 http://whmusictherapy.com/?p=12127#comment-3035 In reply to Tarsha.

Hi Tarsha, I agree. Maybe it is something that’s uncomfortable for him and that is fine!

]]> By: Carrie https://whmusictherapy.com/2015/08/to-make-eye-contact-or-to-not-make-eye-contact/#comment-3032 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:48:35 +0000 http://whmusictherapy.com/?p=12127#comment-3032 Great topic. I think about this too. In a private in home session with a three year old, I was allowing him room to move around during a shared activity to observe his level of engagement. His mom who was watching from a video camera (another long story) called me concerned that he was not making a lot of eye contact. I explained what I was doing and told her that if this was a concern, I’d continue to assess it. Personally, sometimes I have found myself talking to the clerk at the grocery story, while I’m loading groceries on the cash register belt and getting out my credit card to pay, and then walk away realizing I didn’t even look the clerk in the face! I appreciate your approach to social situations where a brief eye contact is appropriate such as hello, goodbye and acknowledging the nearest person. Thank you!

]]> By: CJ Shiloh https://whmusictherapy.com/2015/08/to-make-eye-contact-or-to-not-make-eye-contact/#comment-3027 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 04:15:22 +0000 http://whmusictherapy.com/?p=12127#comment-3027 In reply to Amy.

Oh yeah, with an email subject as good as that, you KNOW I opened it immediately. :)
Ps, if you’d ever like Sunny and I to guest lecture for any of your college classes, or staff training, etc, just let us know. We recently did some videos on topics like this, for Blythe LaGasse’s online graduate course and it turned out quite well!

]]> By: Tarsha https://whmusictherapy.com/2015/08/to-make-eye-contact-or-to-not-make-eye-contact/#comment-3024 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:44:32 +0000 http://whmusictherapy.com/?p=12127#comment-3024 I have heard this and always thought it was weird because no matter how I asked my son to do it he never would

]]> By: Amy https://whmusictherapy.com/2015/08/to-make-eye-contact-or-to-not-make-eye-contact/#comment-3020 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:32:50 +0000 http://whmusictherapy.com/?p=12127#comment-3020 In reply to CJ Shiloh.

Hi CJ! I knew I could count on you to chime in :)

]]> By: CJ Shiloh https://whmusictherapy.com/2015/08/to-make-eye-contact-or-to-not-make-eye-contact/#comment-3019 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:32:01 +0000 http://whmusictherapy.com/?p=12127#comment-3019 Yes yes yes. I’m so glad to hear you share this!!

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