What is compassionate listening?

Everyone deserves to be truly and deeply listened to. As a compassionate listener I will do just that.  Not only will I listen but I will do everything I can to help you feel heard.

You talk, I actively listen.  I will respond with empathy, ask questions to clarify my understanding and support you in hearing your own thoughts and experiencing your own feelings.  Our conversation is striclty confidential.

Being genuinely heard and authentically understood can be transformational.  Sometimes that is just the comfort we need in order to step back into our lives and walk our unique path with all its many challenges.  It helps us know we are not alone.  This can be particularly soothing when we feel isolated which let's face it, to some degree or other these days, most of us do.  It's okay because you are not alone.

While compassionate listening can be therapeutic it is NOT psychotherapy.  It cannot replace the process of working with a qualified therapist, counselor, or life-coach.  I will not advise you, ask probing questions, or correct/clarify your thinking. I also will not judge, become impatient, try to convince you of easy solutions or tell you what you're thinking, and feeling are problematic.  

I WILL LISTEN, REFLECT BACK WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING TO MAKE SURE I GOT IT RIGHT AND HELP YOU FEEL HEARD.  

There's a very good chance you will find this process validating and come to a deeper awareness of what's going on in your world internally and externally. I believe from my own experience that feeling in our bones that we have been heard by another helps us to better hear ourselves with clarity and kindness.

How does it work?

What does it cost?

wisdom