Speaker | He Jia
Source | Social Psychological Service Professional Ability Project - Chinese Mental Health Association
American psychologists found that: in people's communication impressions, 55% depends on the person's external image , 38% depends on Human self-expression.
Therefore, professional image is crucial in the workplace.
As a psychological worker, we deal with people every day, and we should pay more attention to our professional image . While being professional, we must also present a professional image that is suitable for the nature of our work, so as to be close to people. sense to help you do your work better.
Through the following examples, let us feel the importance of the professional image of psychological workers .
Last June, our company recruited a new employee - Xiao Li, who is responsible for the work of a community psychological workstation . Xiao Li is a psychology graduate and has been working as an enterprise EAP service (employee assistance program) for four years. ), academic qualifications and qualifications are very consistent with our professional requirements.
Once Xiao Li suddenly called me: "Teacher, I have to complain to you. I found that our director particularly looks down on me and is not particularly supportive of my work. If you come to us When giving lectures in the community, you have to be careful. Our director is very picky. "
Later, when I actually gave lectures in this community, to be honest, I didn't feel this way at all.
Later, I met Xiao Li, and when I saw what Xiao Li was wearing, I immediately understood.
On the day we met Xiao Li was wearing a very cute, cartoon T-shirt and big, two-dimensional glasses .
He works at a psychological workstation in the community, but he chose a professional outfit that looks very cute. Think about it, everyone, in the process of working in the community, what are the director’s work needs for him? The director hopes that Xiao Li can quickly form a good relationship of trust with our local residents and community staff in this job. However, Xiao Li's professional image can easily make the director feel like this: "Does he have no experience?" Is he unreliable?"
Obviously, Xiao Li’s professional image does not match his professional background.
I gave Xiao Li two suggestions at that time:
First, change the glasses to an ordinary style.
Second, replace the T-shirt with a collared polo shirt .
About three months later, Xiao Li told me: "I am very happy working in this community now. The director also recognizes me very much. Several seniors also think I am not bad."
After reading the above example, We will find:
Professional image will affect our professional level
This reminds us of a psychological principle - the primacy effect , also called the first impression.
The primacy effect was first proposed by American psychologist Lochins. The first impression left on people in interpersonal communication is very important and has a great influence on the formation of impressions.
Although first impressions are sometimes not objective, because it is difficult for us to make an overall objective evaluation of a person in such a short period of time. Our external image must be an important factor affecting the first impression. Many friends here realize the importance of professional image .
Many community psychologists began to reflect:
Has my professional image detracted from my professional identity? Have I ever been disapproved of by others because of my professional image?
As community psychological workers, what is the sense of professionalism that we should convey?
Our profession needs to convey a very important message - conveying affinity, closeness and trust. When we use the Big Five personality test to distinguish career matching, we will find that the scores of agreeableness among 's partners who are engaged in social work, helping people, and psychological work must be high. Because our job is to deal with people, in the process of dealing with people, if we want to obtain comfortable interpersonal relationships, needs to assist us through our external image to increase the closeness between people and let them When others see us, they feel affinity, which leads to trust.
As a community psychologist, how do you choose a professional image that is more suitable for you?
1
Hairstyle setting
Whether it is short hair or long hair, there are no particularly strict requirements on professional image. It is generally believed that the longer the hair, the gentler it is, and the shorter the more capable. The length of hair is closely related to the choice of clothing and color. is a good choice for clavicle hair, which combines the gentleness of long hair with the sophistication of short hair.
2
No makeup makeup
After choosing a hairstyle, we can choose a makeup that suits us. Wearing light makeup to work will make you look better. What is particularly taboo about is a particularly strong sense of makeup. There are several mistakes that easily makes when it comes to makeup : eyebrows that are too dark, flaming red lips, hair colors that are too bright...these are beautiful in themselves. Yes, but from a professional perspective, this kind of makeup is not suitable for conveying a sense of affinity and closeness. It not only helps to improve the complexion, but also looks like no makeup. This makeup-free makeup is very suitable for our professional image .
3
Exclusive color system
Color is far more important than style. When a person comes from afar and wears new clothes and comes to us, the first thing we perceive is the color of his clothes before we see the style. So how do you choose the color that suits you? today gives you a simple formula:
If you have a cool white skin color , you can choose a color that looks very refreshing , such as macaron color , which will make your white look more translucent, and the color It is also more friendly and close.
If you have yellow skin , try not to choose particularly strong colors . You can choose clothes with gray tones.
If you have a wheat-colored complexion , , a color with extremely high purity, is very suitable for people with wheat-colored skin. However, such a color, because its saturation is particularly high, is very eye-catching. We must control Its area ratio on our entire dress.
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