Essential communication skills for psychologists and therapists with Jase TaylorToday I’m here with Jase Taylor from Oxford Communication Skills. Jase is a communication skills expert and is also married to a Clinical psychologist so he has a lot of insight into what we do and has some really useful insights to help us amplify our messages around mental health. 




The highlights
 
Jase tells us the interesting story behind his career, and how he became a communication skills expert 00:48 
Jase talks about how we can train ourselves to be better communicators 10:51
Jase defines for us what he means by communication skills 13:06
Jase talks about when it is most important to get our communication right 16:38
We discuss being authentic, and how it has to be your message to be comfortable  18:19
Jase tells us what communication strengths he sees in mental health professionals 31:51
We talk about bringing out individual style and strengths, and the importance of this for diversity and inclusivity  36:04
Jase tells us what tips he would give if I was invited to do a TED talk tomorrow 42:21
Jase tells us how people can find him if they want to work with him 46:17

 


Links to find Jase


https://www.oxfordcommunicationskills.com (https://www.oxfordcommunicationskills.com)


jase@oxfordcommunicationskills.com


Twitter & Instagram: @oxcommskills
https://www.instagram.com/oxcommskills/ (https://www.instagram.com/oxcommskills/)
https://twitter.com/OxCommSkills (https://twitter.com/OxCommSkills)


 
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TRANSCRIPT


SPEAKERS
Rosie Gilderthorp, Jase Taylor
 
Rosie Gilderthorp  00:01
Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast, the show that helps you to reach more people, help more people and build the life you want to live by doing more than therapy. Today, I'm here with Jase Taylor from Oxford Communication Skills. Jase is a communication skills expert, and is also married to a clinical psychologist. So he's got a lot of insight into what we do and has some really useful ideas to help us amplify our messages around mental health. So welcome to the podcast, Jase. Before we get started, I know that you've got quite an interesting story behind your career. So could you tell us a little bit about how and why you became a communications expert?
 
Jase Taylor  00:48
It's a slightly convoluted route. To be honest, I started off training as an engineer, software and algorithms engineer, all the way through A Levels, University and into a full time job. And communications was sort of part of that in the way that it's part of a lot of jobs that people generally do, you have to deal with clients and colleagues and meetings and things. But in general, it wasn't a front and centre aspect of it. But it was following a house move relocation, I found myself looking for kind of...