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Listening practice used by psychotherapists that requires focus, intent, and very active participation.

Very often in Western culture, listening is considered to be the passive part of a conversation while speaking is seen as active. Reflective listening practices requires focus, intent, and very active participation. The term stems from work done by psychologist Carl Rogers who developed client-centered therapy. Rogers believed that by listening intently to the client, a therapist could determine best what the client needed. This was unlike psychoanalysis, which had more formula-like approaches that were used for all patients. Rogers wrote about reflection of...