Effective Listening

We all spend time talking and listening with other people, and yet miscommunication and misunderstanding abound. This workshop focuses on the following skills: 

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• Reflection – offering back to the other person the gift of hearing themselves

• Non-verbal responses -- how to express attention without words

• Silence -- allowing time for the other to speak and the self to listen without having to respond

• Naming values and feelings

 

Participants will learn about and practice these skills, then process the experience as speaker and listener.