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    Empathic listening involves reflecting back what the other person is saying, asking curious questions, focusing on their feelings and needs, paraphrasing to develop a rhythm, listening from the heart, being open and present, offering space through mostly listening in silence, being with the other person rather than directing them, and following what they share as it emerges. When making an empathic guess, you can ask if they would have liked something or enjoy a greater sense of something, or wish for or feel something, or are needing something. The process is like peeling back layers of an onion to reveal more each time, without needing to go anywhere - just be present and witness what unfolds. If stuck, you can paraph

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    Empathic listening involves reflecting back what the other person is saying, asking curious questions, focusing on their feelings and needs, paraphrasing to develop a rhythm, listening from the heart, being open and present, offering space through mostly listening in silence, being with the other person rather than directing them, and following what they share as it emerges. When making an empathic guess, you can ask if they would have liked something or enjoy a greater sense of something, or wish for or feel something, or are needing something. The process is like peeling back layers of an onion to reveal more each time, without needing to go anywhere - just be present and witness what unfolds. If stuck, you can paraph

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    Empathic listening involves reflecting back what the other person is saying, asking curious questions, focusing on their feelings and needs, paraphrasing to develop a rhythm, listening from the heart, being open and present, offering space through mostly listening in silence, being with the other person rather than directing them, and following what they share as it emerges. When making an empathic guess, you can ask if they would have liked something or enjoy a greater sense of something, or wish for or feel something, or are needing something. The process is like peeling back layers of an onion to reveal more each time, without needing to go anywhere - just be present and witness what unfolds. If stuck, you can paraph

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    Nonviolent Communication

    What is Empathy?

    Different qualities of empathic listening are


    Reflecting back what you are hearing
    Asking questions from a position of curiosity
    Focusing on the other person's Feelings and Needs
    Can include some paraphrasing to support you into a rhythm with the
    other person
    Listening from the heart
    Being open & present to whatever is shared
    Offering space by listening mostly in silence
    Being with the other person, rather than doing anything
    Following what the other is sharing as it emerges rather than guiding the
    other in a particular direction.

    Examples of ways that you could start an empathic guess

    ''I am guessing that you would have really liked ......?"


    ''Is it that you would really enjoy a greater sense of ........?"
    ''Do you wish for .......?''
    "Do you feel ......?"
    "Are you needing .....?"

    The process is like watching an onion being peeled. With every layer, another
    layer is revealed. You don't need to go anywhere, just be present and witness
    life unfolding in front of you.
    You may get stuck and have no idea what the other is feeling or needing.
    When this happens, you can paraphrase / summarize
    ''So, you would like to get a dog and your partner doesn't like the idea?"
    "You have so many bills to pay and not enough money to do it?"
    "You would really love to go out tonight?"

    © CNVC Trainers Sarah Dekker & Nic Burnand. 2020. Belgium


    www.compassionate-self.com

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