As Director He began to speak, Nan Zhubin's expression turned somewhat peculiar.
Director He's question at this moment was evidently an open-ended question in psychological consultation, a type of question that can guide the visitor to think broadly, helping the consultant collect as much information as possible from different angles.
Contrasting with this are closed-ended questions. By comparing this recent "how have you been" question from Director He, a closed-ended question would be "how many days in the last week did you feel uncomfortable," "how many times have you had a headache recently," etc., where the purpose of the question is to probe deeply in a specific direction.
But the dispersal effect of open-ended questions presumes that the visitor has sufficient motivation, or that the consultant and the visitor have already established a sufficiently solid consultation relationship.
