deep listening Training
Whatever your experience level, Deep Listeners training will help you develop your compassionate listening skills.
Who Is Deep Listening For?
You! Our in-person workshops are open to everyone over 15 and options currently include:
Deep Listeners Foundational Workshop (two days)
Deep Listeners Intro Workshop (4 hours)
Deep ListenerS Foundational Workshop
Held as either an intensive two-day workshop, or series of 6 weekly evening sessions, this training covers both theory and practise. We will learn techniques and guidelines to enable us to be safe, compassionate listeners out in the community.
We will become familiar with some of the science behind compassion & empathy, and fight/flight response. And we will develop knowledge and plans to monitor and take care of our own wellbeing.
There will be opportunities to practise deep listening, get to know each other, and develop our own listening and self care plans.
Learning Outcomes
Learn and apply techniques to consciously turn down the fight/flight response
Test and apply your deep listening skills
Understand yourself and your needs as a listener and develop plans to manage your needs
Become familiar with key local support services
Learn and apply strategies for avoiding vicarious trauma
Understand what Deep Listening is and how it is achieved
Learn and apply the Deep Listeners guidelines and Code of Ethics
Learn how to get into the right mindset for deep listening
Gain an understanding of compassion & empathy, their differences and how to foster compassion
Gain an understanding of the role of the nervous system
"I would recommend this course for anyone (that is living & breathing!). We all need to learn & practice Deep Listening skills to bring humanity together and build a better world in which we live. Ursula facilitated the course with great compassion, empathy & support and helped us all feel valued. The training was great!"
— Deb Bryce, Deep Listeners Foundational Workshop participant
"Ursula is an incredible facilitator who manages the emotional twists and turns of such complex content like a ninja. It felt very human, authentic and safe."
— Ky Allen, Deep Listeners Foundational Workshop participant
Deep Listeners intro Workshop
The Gatekeeper workshop is a much more condensed version of the Foundational workshop and suitable for anyone who would like to hone their compassionate listening skills, whether for work or personal reasons. The Deep Listeners Intro Workshop is best paired with safeTALK.
Learning outcomes
Gain confidence in your listening skills by learning best practice principles
Identify tips and techniques for compassionate connection
Get to know underlying factors that influence your listening
Learn strategies to sustain you as a listener and protect your wellbeing
Get familiar with local support services to connect people with
Current workshops on offer
Stay tuned, new training dates in February 2025 to be announced soon!
If you would like to be emailed about future Deep Listening training opportunities, or to enquire about arranging a workshop for your organisation (6-12 participants), fill in the form below.
"Thought provoking. Empowering"
— Deep Listeners Gatekeeper Workshop participant
"I found the training extremely relevant, helpful and not too long. I feel this training would help so many people so I will be encouraging others to do it. Loved the real life stories, makes it easy to relate to."
— safeTALK workshop participant
Register your interest
If you’re interested in any of these workshops, register your interest by submitting this form and we’ll get back to you within 48 hours.
