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Reflective listening is a communication strategy used to better understand a speaker's idea by offering your understanding of their idea back to the speaker in order to confirm that the idea has been understood correctly.[1] It is a more specific strategy than general methods of active listening.
en.wikipedia.org • Reflective Listening - Wikipedia
mirrors, reflections, light, shadow, refractions, perception
reflective listening
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(paraphrase of Sophie Strand, for Advaya)
