Clicking, vibing, sharing a wavelength, feeling in sync. People have extensive lay beliefs
(and phrases) capturing the importance of social connection. For decades, academics and …

Across all domains of human social life, positive perceptions of conversational listening (ie,
feeling heard) predict well-being, professional success, and interpersonal flourishing …

Feeling heard is critical to human flourishing—across domains, relationships are
strengthened and individual well-being is enhanced when people feel listened to. High …

Listening is a complex construct studied in various fields, including psychology, education,
marketing, management, and medicine. Despite its importance, there is no agreed definition …

Emotions, while typically experienced on an individual level, often occur collectively within
social interactions. One form of collective emotion, known as positivity resonance, involves …

Over the years I have sustained an interest in client voices and the importance of the
expertise they bring to therapy (Anderson & Goolishian, 1992). This interest came from my …

New communication technologies, applications, and software have fundamentally changed
how we communicate. However, listening research and scholarship has not kept pace …

Communication as transaction implies the importance of listening, but it leaves room for the
mistaken impression that listening fails to shape the content of the encounter. Listening …

Even as an experienced psychiatrist, I'll admit that I was a bit taken aback when I read the
title of this book and saw its length. I recall two, immediate, back to back thoughts; both …

Conversation is one of the most fundamental forms of connection. As people weave their
patterns of relationality and interdependency, their similar and differing ways of perceiving …