Deep listening: How to communicate effectively with your teenager
Have you ever felt like you were speaking a different language to your teenager when stress is running high? It isn’t easy to know how to respond effectively when our teenagers are upset or angry. Dr Google encourages us to ‘listen’, ensure they ‘feel heard’, ‘validate their feelings’, ‘be present’ with them. But, what does that actually mean in practice?
In this workshop we will cover:
Increase understanding of the neurobiology of the stress response and the barrier to communication with your young person.
Practical skills in communicating effectively
Top tips on overcoming common mistakes around effective listening
Strategies to facilitate connection and create opportunities for conversation when our teens are reluctant
This webinar is run as part of the Loud and Clear campaign, a partnership between KYDS and Lindfield and Turramurra Community Bank.
The Loud and Clear campaign is raising funds to pay for an additional counsellor so that young people in our community can access mental health support without having to wait. Together we aim to raise $75,000. This will provide 900 more counselling sessions to over 50 vulnerable young people.
Each dollar donated will be matched by Turramurra and Lindfield Community Bank until we reach the goal of $75,000.
During November, KYDS is delivering a series of online mental health workshops and webinars for young people, parents/carers and families in our community (and beyond). If you would like to support the Loud and Clear campaign, donations can be made online or over the counter at either the Turramurra or Lindfield branches of Bendigo Bank.
About the presenter:
Helen Jarvis has spent the past ten years helping families and young people in the art of communication and dispute resolution. She is the Chair of the board at KYDS, the Co-ordinator of Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution for Relationships Australia, and is a nationally-accredited Meditator & Family Dispute Practitioner.