How well do YOU listen? How well do people listen to YOU? I used to think that LISTENING was natural for everyone. In my years as a psychologist, I discovered it actually is NOT! There is listening and there is LISTENING!
Good listening is actually far more complex than most people realize. People often speak with “layers” of meaning and it takes very TRAINED ears to really catch the communication.
And on top of that, add in the non-verbal parts of communication (80%)-and you can begin to see how complex listening and receiving the “what is said” accurately, (including the “subtext” of the spoken message) really is!
One of the many beauties of working with equines in therapy is that they have an “uncanny” way of listening. Their excellent hearing ability and their remarkable ability to read non-verbal cues in addition to “feeling” others feelings puts together a powerful package of helping people LEARN TO LISTEN. Learning to listen to self and others and being listened to in all its dimensions is a core of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy.
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