On Listening with David Prescott, LICSW

David Prescott (https://www.davidprescott.net/), Clinical Social
Worker editor of Safer Society Press and international consultant
talks about listening and we explore listening as we attend to how
we listen to each other. I have the unfortunate experience of
losing the mic and rely on my built-in laptop mic. Listening is
truly difficult and David approaches this with a sense of humility.
I start thinking about a Taxonomy of Listening… what kind of
listening is called for in different situations. We discuss how
challenging it is to listen to people who have committed sex crimes
as a therapist, and David discusses how trying to understand the
context and purpose of the offender’s words - how he fits into
their life for one – can balance can balance the possible sympathy
for that person and the role of reflection in listening. As a
frequent laugher, we discuss the risk of laughter in conversation
and how this can be misinterpreted.