Overview

This book is an invitation. It is an invitation to reconnect to the longing that we all have to be heard, really heard. It is not a manual or a list of listening techniques, but an exploration of our innate ability to listen with such depth that the distinction between listener and speaker disappears and we expand beyond what our isolated selves thought possible-so that other becomes us. Dr. Randall Alifano brings his decades of experience to this beautiful exploration of what it truly means to listen. Through heartfelt stories, he shares what he's learned over the years, not only as a counselor, but also as a friend, a father, a son, and a partner. He skillfully examines many of the impediments we encounter while listening and offers remedies to them, and he helps us navigate our own inner worlds while also learning the tools of outer communication. In this book, Dr. Alifano explores how to: Listen from a place of curiosity and love Examine your filters so they don't get in the way of listening Empty yourself of intentions when listening Listen to what is underneath what's being spoken Tap back into your innocence and reignite your curiosity Deeply empathize with another while listening Expand your sense of self through connection with another This book is for anyone looking to increase their capacity to listen, communicate more effectively, and connect more deeply with other and self. It is an intimate journey to find what is at the core of both ourselves and others, unfiltered, vulnerable, and raw. We are all aching to be heard. We are all aching to connect. Our first step is to learn to Listen in the Raw.

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"""Dr. Alifano's Listening in the Raw is an extraordinarily fine book; unusual in its scope, insight, and compassion. It explores the profound meanings and valuable possibilities of deep listening, and could only have been written by someone with broad experience, a subtle and unique understanding of human nature, a philosophical turn of mind, and a capacity to be both uncompromising and deeply empathic. A tender, wise, helpful perspective."" -Robert Cantor, Ph.D., Former Associate Professor, University of California - San Francisco, Author of A Time To Live, The Work of Mourning, and the novel Of Struggle and Flight ""Illuminating and instructive, Listening in the Raw offers a richly complex exploration of inner awareness as well as outer communication tools. With his focus on identifying our deepest longings and recognizing our earliest patterns of self-protectiveness, Randall Alifano guides readers on a genuinely restorative and transformative journey."" -Elizabeth Rosner, author of Survivor Café The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory ""Listening in the Raw is a roadmap to the heart of connection. With eloquence, humor, intelligence, and a gentle dash of dare, Dr. Alifano asks us to courageously drop our protective strategies, recognize our filters and perceptions, and open ourselves to the infinite wonder of life if we allow ourselves to drop into the felt sense of being intimately connected with another. This will undoubtedly transform our experience of each other and the world. The quality of listening Dr. Alifano describes will move you to the core and will change the very nature of how you relate. Listening in the Raw should be in every counseling and therapy program, and on the bookshelves of every parent, teacher, partner, and human."" -Davida Taurek, LPCC, Counselor, Educator, Founder & Clinical Director of Courageous Counseling Center ""Dr. Randall Alifano's perspective on listening is radical and ground-breaking. This is not just an excellent guide for psychotherapists, coaches, and those in the helping professions, but for those wanting to deepen the art of what it truly means to hear another."" -Mark Coleman, Author of A Field Guide to Nature Meditation and Awake in the Wild"

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Randall Alifano has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is an Ordained Minister with over 40 years of integrating psychology and spirituality in his private practice. Dr. Alifano draws on his wealth of experience to provide practical guidance on how to improve our ability to listen with presence, empathy, and curiosity. He has seen firsthand the transformative power of being heard and offers concrete examples of how Listening in the Raw can help deepen our relationships, enhance our personal growth, and end our accepted state of isolation.

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