Author Archives: Signe

Eight Tips for Becoming the Kind of Listener You’d Like to Talk to

What is the first thing you think of when you hear the term “communication?”  For some, it is cell phones, e-mails, text messages and other physical methods of transmitting a message.  For others, it is a more global term associated with satellites, world events and network news.   Most often, when one hears the term, “communication,” [...]

All I Ever Needed to Know About Listening I Learned from my Mother

When I began my career as a child and adolescent therapist, I was only 23 years old.  Fresh out of graduate school and thrust into a professional role where I was looked to as the “expert” on all things therapeutic, I felt pressure to know all of the answers.  In that haze, I believed that [...]