Actively Listen

Active listening skills can improve communication and open the door to better relationships at work and especially at home with one’s spouse and children. Cher A. Shannon, MHSA, LADC, will host the next Parent Connection forum, “If You Love Me, Why Don’t You Listen to Me?” on Tuesday, February 15, from 7 to 9 pm in the Newtown Middle School auditorium.

Ms Shannon will explore what it means to be a good listener and identify barriers to effective communication in the family. A private practioners in the substance abuse field for more than 20 years, Ms Shannon is a former faculty member of the Westchester Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy and a part-time faculty member of Gateway Community College’s Drug and Alcohol Recovery Counselor training program in Norwalk.

Ms Shannon provides training in the areas of ethics, family intervention, counseling people with HIV/AIDS, counselor wellness, and management and administration of human services agencies. She was education chairperson for the Connecticut Association for Addiction Professionals and is a former examiner for the Connecticut Certification Board.

She has worked with drug dependent and dually diagnosed populations within both agency and hospital settings and maintains a private practice in Norwalk.

As always, the event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.newtownparentconnection.org.