Compassionate Listening(SM) trainings focus on learning five core practices:

Cultivating compassion for yourself and others

Suspending Judgment

Maintaining balance in the heat of conflict

Listening with the heart

Speaking from the heart

The First-Ever Advanced Training

Dates: November 10 - 13, 2011   
Registration from 4:30 pm on Nov. 10
Location: Caritas Christi Center, 295 Benham Street, Hamden, CT 06514
Senior Facilitator:  Andrea Cohen, assisted by Facilitator, Yael Petretti

Tuition Fee: $650 - 450 depending on comfort level.
Overnight accommodations and nine meals: $275
Persons not taking overnight accommodations pay $170 plus tuition

A deposit of $300, received by October 14, will hold your place.

Payment may be made by sending your check or money order to: 

Listening with the Heart
Attn: Yael Petretti
6/1 Treehouse Circle
Easthampton, MA 01027

You may use Paypal. If you use Paypal, we have added $15 to the payment to cover the Paypal fees.

Thank you.

In the event that we do not receive our minimum of ten registrations, we reserve the right to cancel the Advanced Training. In such a case, we will refund your payments in full.

If you are arriving by plane and have already purchased your ticket, airfare will be refunded according to the policy of the air carrier. For this reason, we recommend purchasing traveler's insurance if you book a flight before we have confirmed the training.

For further information, please email Yael at ypetretti@gmail.com

One-Day Training

This training gives an overview of the history and principles of Compassionate Listening. Participants will have the opportunity to learn and experience focused, nonjudgmental listening. They will begin to explore what makes listening difficult and see how being truly heard can produce significant shifts in attitude and behavior.

Photo by Leah Green

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Two-Day Intensive Introductory Training

The Two Day training builds on Day One with more practice in honing our ability to listen and speak from the heart.  We explore the areas of projection, “shadow sides” of our personalities and forgiveness. Participants who complete the Two Day Training are eligible to continue on to Advanced Training and Certification.

The Intensive Introductory Training can also be offered in a series of eight two-hour meetings.

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