Enhance Clinical Outcomes Through the Power of Authentic Connection
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Research consistently shows that "common factors" like empathy, acceptance, and authenticity are among the strongest predictors of positive client outcomes—yet they often receive little emphasis in traditional clinical training. Listening Training Pro fills a crucial gap in mental health care by focusing on these human elements that make the biggest impact.
If you've ever felt like something is missing in your practice—like you're not connecting with your clients the way you hope to—Listening Training Pro provides the missing piece. By strengthening core relational skills that truly foster healing, this training enhances both your effectiveness as a practitioner and your own sense of fulfillment in the work you do.
Clinical professionals across diverse settings, including but not limited to:
Listening Training Pro helps you build deeper, more compassionate connections with your clients. By honing skills in empathy, active listening, and co-regulation, you'll learn to create a safe space where clients feel truly heard and supported.
This cultivates trust and emotional safety, empowering your clients to engage more fully in their healing journey. The result is more meaningful and impactful therapeutic relationships that truly make a difference in their lives.
For you, as the helper, Listening Training Pro provides the tools to nurture your own well-being while caring for others. The skills you’ll gain in this training will help you stay emotionally grounded and resilient, allowing you to be fully present for your clients without depleting yourown energy.
You’ll learn how to set compassionate boundaries, navigate conflicts with empathy, and share your personal experiences in a way that strengthens connections. This training supports your growth both as a professional and as an individual, leaving you feeling more fulfilled, balanced, and connected to the meaningful work you do.
How can Listening Training Pro benefit you and your clients?
Enhance your effectiveness as a therapist and improve client outcomes through deeper, more meaningful connections
Ethically cultivate stronger therapeutic relationships that foster trust, healing, and growth.
Prevent burnout by learning self-care strategies and supporting the well-being of yourcolleagues
Foster a healthier, more connected work environment and culture that promotes emotional safety for all
Develop conflict resolution skills to navigate challenging moments with clients and coworkers while maintaining respect and understanding
Learn compassionate boundary-setting techniques to manage sensitive interactions and uphold professional integrity
Explore ethical guidelines for self-disclosure, balancing personal sharing to enhance connection without compromising boundaries
Create a supportive, healing space that deepens your relationships with clients andpromotes lasting transformation
Exploration of mutual support and authentic connection for building relationships and preventing burnout.
Learning to minimize shame and stigma; the #1 factor preventing meaningful connection and healing from trauma.
Creating and implementing healthy risk-management strategies. Learning and utilizing a model for creating a personal harm reduction plan, for both substance-related and process addictions.
Viewing boundaries as bridges; honest communication about what’s okay and not okay for the purpose of deepening connection and trust in relationships.
How to navigate challenging situations with friends and family, including return to use and suicidal ideation.
Practical exploration of how to take your listening practice into the world, into relationships with friends & family, and/or into your longterm recovery journey.
This 15-hour intensive is eligible for CE hours, providing you with the opportunity to earn valuable hours toward your professional development. Completing this training will help you meet continuing education requirements while equipping you with practical, impactful skills to enhance your practice.
SeekHealing has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7616. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. SeekHealing is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
SeekHealing is a 501(c)(3) social health nonprofit based in Western North Carolina, born from a shared urgency to address the rising deaths of despair in our community—suicide, overdose, alcoholism, and burnout. We believe that a compassionate, listening ear from a neighbor, friend, or colleague is the best form of medicine—one that’s becoming increasingly rare in a disconnected world.
Our mission is to create spaces for meaningful human connection, offering free support to those who need it most: individuals struggling with addiction, mental health challenges, and those who feel excluded by traditional systems—LGBTQIA, BIPOC, Latine, youth, the homeless, and other communities disproportionately impacted by loneliness.
And the need for intentional human connection extends beyond those who are outwardly struggling. It's something we all need—whether we're dealing with personal challenges or navigating the complexities of work and life. Yet, it’s often something we often don’t know how to ask for or offer to each other. That’s why it’s more important than ever that those who help others are equipped with the tools to hold space, resolve conflict, and facilitate healing.
Learn more about our work here.
Jenesis Nicolaisen (they/she) is the co-founder and Executive Director of SeekHealing. After leaving a successful corporate career in project management, Jenesis started SeekHealing in 2017 to address the lack of social support for people in recovery from addiction.
Since then, the organization has quickly grown to be a leader in the emerging field of social health. Jenesis graduated with a BA in Linguistics from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2012 and is also a nationally recognized ceremony guide, minister, and relationship coach.
Jennifer Garrett (she/her) is on the Board of Directors for SeekHealing and partnered with . She is currently a therapist and the clinical director for Resilient Mind Counseling in Asheville, NC.
She is a Licenced Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Supervisor in the state of North Carolina with experience in Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Harm Reduction, and Trauma.
