Let’s Start By Listening

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CAIS continues to be intentional about keeping a finger on the pulse of day-to-day life at our schools. Right now, regardless of the particular concern at hand, regardless of the content we’re addressing, one thing seems clear: students and faculty are feeling the lingering effects of the pandemic and ubiquitous turmoil that has coincided with it. An antidote to the overwhelm can be found in building our capacity to listen deeply to the people in our lives – including those who are distressed or are pushing our buttons. Come to an interactive training in deep listening with Dr. Paula Chu, Associate Director of the Stanley H. King Institute and Sam Osherson, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the Fielding Graduate University and fellow faculty member at the Stanley H. King Institute. Please come prepared to stay the full 75 minutes and to participate in experiential exercises and practice – listening is one thing you can’t “experience” through a lecture.

Paula Chu, Ph.D., LMHC, LPC, NCC has a private psychotherapy/consulting practice. After a decade as a college dean, minority student advisor, and international student advisor, Paula worked for 16 years in a boarding school as Academic Dean and Director of Counseling, teaching throughout. Paula shifted to a private practice in 2006. She has been a faculty member at the Stanley H. King Institute since 2001 and serves as the Institute Associate Director. Paula has taught basic counseling skills at the Blackberry River Retreat (for independent school college counselors) since 2008 and frequently visits independent schools to give trainings on deep listening skills, social styles on teams, and on anti-bias research and practice. For more information about Paula, visit http://paulachu.com. 

Sam Osherson, Ph.D. is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the Fielding Graduate University and a long-time faculty member at the Stanley H. King institute. He is the author of the classic, Finding Our Fathers. His most recent book is The Wolf Boy, an historical novel. Sam blogs for Psychology Today at www.psychologytoday.com/blog/listen.