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Love your listening skills online course

One of the most reliable ways of improving wellbeing is to build and maintain good relationships. The ability to listen well helps you do that. It can also make you more effective in your work if listening to people is part of that. Yet have you ever had any systematic training in how to be a good listener? This four-week online course explores learnable skills that help you listen well, with a series of weekly live webinars of 90 minutes each, supported by an online resource hosting the recordings of the webinars plus additional resources.

The course starts Tuesday 21st Feb 2023 at 7.30pm UK time, 11.30am US PT, 2.30pm US ET, 8.30pm Europe CET. For other time zones, please convert at https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter

We’ll look at:

Week 1 – The skill of giving attention

Can you remember times you’ve felt listened to well, and also occasions when this hasn’t happened? A likely difference is that you knew the good listener was paying attention. We can become more skilful at this, and a great starting point is recognising why it is important. We look at giving attention as a choice that is easier to make when we recognise its value. Then we look at strategies and understandings that help us do this, drawing on the work of Drs John and Julie Gottman, Carol Dweck and the growth mindset, William Miller and Motivational Interviewing, Carl Rogers and therapeutic relationships, plus Thomas Gordon on addressing obstacles to listening.

Week 2 – The skill of expressing empathy

Research shows that expression of empathy improves outcomes in helping relationships – it also helps more everyday conversations by letting the person we’re listening to know that we’ve taken in and understood what they’ve said. We’ll look at the skill and art of reflective listening, and also ways of improving the accuracy of empathy.

Week 3 – The skill of deepening engagement

Can you remember conversations that have left you feeling closer? We look at how to help relationships deepen through improving our ability to listen to the feelings and the meanings that might not be clear on the surface.

Week 4 – The skill of building trust

Are there some people you find it easier to talk with than others? What does a good listener do that helps you feel safe enough to go deeper? While you can build trust by being trust-worthy, that’s not the only way. You can also apply understandings and skilfulness to building psychological safety. We’ll look at practical ways to help support trust, including ways of responding to conflict and difficult moments in conversation.

The course is led by Chris Johnstone, who’s been involved in teaching communication skills for over three decades. The course also features guest contributor Bea Strickland, who also brings decades of experience in teaching listening skills.

To book: with an earlybird discount by 14th February, the course costs £95 (approx $115 or €108). After this the price rises to £120 (approx $145 or €136). Please use the PayPal facility below or contact us if you’d prefer to pay by bank transfer. There is a earlybird concession rate £50 (approx $61 or €57) if needed in cases of financial hardship and booked by 14th Feb, the concession rate rising to £75 (approx $91 or €85) after this. Please contact us if you’d like to apply for this.

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