The Topic

It is through listening that we can access the world outside of ourselves. Whether an infant in utero or an adult in a professional role, listening bridges us with others and provides windows into their interior lives. David will facilitate a conversation about psychoanalytic listening, which can provide access to what’s unspoken, unseen, unconscious. We’ll explore some possibilities for listening to symbolic and non-verbal communication, including silences, dreams, fantasy, and repetitions. Exploring this topic allows us to listen more expansively in all settings.

The Agenda

In the first half of the webinar, David will make his presentation and facilitate initial responses.

In the second half, we'll move into a reflection-application session:

- 'Composting': experienced peers work the material in small groups to sprout new ideas;

- 'Weaving': attendees gather to collectively reflect and question, weaving our experiences together;

- Discuss how we will apply learnings to our personal practice in Reflection Application Pairs (RAPs).

The Speaker

David Rothauser is a psychoanalyst, organizational consultant, executive coach, educator and supervisor. He maintains a private psychoanalytic practice, leads training groups for coaches and consultants, and engages senior leaders and their teams in reflective practice. David has coached and consulted in a range of industries, including entertainment, PE- and VC-backed tech startups, data analytics, the commercial space industry, cyber security, real estate, healthcare, and education. He trained in coaching supervision at Oxford Brookes University, executive coaching at Columbia University, psychodynamic group leadership at the Center for Group Studies, and psychoanalysis at the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, where he is on faculty. David is based outside of Philadelphia.

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