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Communication and Professional PracticeNiamh HubbleT001576311st yearSocial Care IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to explore wherefore non-verbal communication is an important tool for professional practice. Some of the aspects of non-verbal communication are facial expression, eye contact, posture, orientation, proximity, touch, fine movement, gross movement, dress, setting and direct work (Egan 2002). The ball-hawking Helper/ People Skills In my opinion non-verbal communication is a very important tool when working with clients. For example, in a professional setting a client could be telling you they are fine and they arent afraid yet they could be shaking or looking around nervously. The non-verbal prompts that clients give unwrap subconsciously or consciously give us, as professional workers clues to how the person is really feeling even if what they say using verbal communication isnt the same as the non-verbal prompts. Thompson (2009) says that in addition to the wo rds we speak, we give very powerful messages through non-verbal communication and our body language ...