Listening With Empathy

Presented by:Courtney Carey (3-5 Content Teacher) Jennifer Wright (K-2 Content Teacher) H.H. Beam Elementary

Listening with Empathy

Better conversations

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Listening with Empathy

Better conversations

Listening with Empathy

Misconceptions

Challenges

Strategies

Pay close attention to this conversation. What is the doctor doing? What is the patient thinking and feeling?

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cognitive empathy (needs)

affective empathy (feelings)

listen

empathy

by intending to

by demonstrating

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empathy

learning from others and communicating respect

Listening With Empathy is about

Affective

Cognitive

Perspective taking

Recognizing others have different tastes, experiences, and world views

Involves an imaginary leap to understand another's needs

Understanding another's feelings

Mirroring another

Sharing another's emotions

Cognitive empathy and affective empathy

Empathy

1. Commit to Really Listening

2. Be the Listener, Not the Speaker

3. Pause and Think Before You Respond

4. Don't Interrupt

We want to make sure that we are not treating others as if they are only here to get what we want.

Listen

empathy

by intending to

listen

by demonstrating

is about

learning from others and communicating respect

Listening With Empathy

Stop interrupting people when they are talking. When we interrupt, we show that what they are saying doesn't really matter--or our comments matter so much more. Listening shows respect for others.

• needs

affective empathy and cognitive empathy

• feelings

We want to be able to see the interaction as a chance to learn something, not tell something. Give others plenty of opportunity to speak. Care about what your partner has to say. If you tend to always be the speaker, ask a question to hand the conversation back to your partner.

Challenges

It can be challenging at times to want to hear what others are saying. We may struggle with making sense of events without bias or stereotyping others. We sometimes fail to realize that we are not listening.

We want to make sure that our response is thoughtful and caring. A careless response can negate another person's comment and create the same impact as not listening at all. First we pause, and then think about what you will say before responding.

Be determined to let the other person speak and don't fill up the conversation with our own words. We want to make sure that we are really listening to each other, rather than being distracted by personal thoughts, electronics, etc.

• 1. commit to listening
• 2. make sure your partner is the speaker
• 3. pause before you speak
• 4. don't interrupt

Listening with Empathy

We listen with empathy by demonstrating empathy and by intending to listen. But what gets in our way of doing this?

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Sympathy

Empathy

Misconceptions

Empathy is oftentimes confused with sympathy.

Demonstrating empathy is not very highly valued today. We tend to stereotype whole groups of people based on politics, gender, race, religion, sports preferences, or even the type of smartphones they use. We also don't actively listen and are often sympathetic instead of empathetic.

StrategiesIt is important that we utilize certain strategies and practice a few habits to ensure our actions embody our beliefs. When following these habits and implementing these strategies, you will become a much better listener, a more effective leader, and a better teacher or coach.