You can keep her talking

with your sincere interest in what she is telling you.

There are ways to inspire her to elaborate more of [private] what she is saying.

Try these questions to start off:

“What do you mean by X?”

“What do you think the causes of x are?”

“I don’t understand what you mean yet.”

“Can you give me an example of what you mean?”

“Can you say that a different way? and say more?”

“I am starting to understand you, say that again.”

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