Training Module on the Right to Mental Health for Faith-Based Organizations Section 4: Use of Effective Communication Introduction: • In Section 3, we discussed the role of faith-based organizations and their leaders in promoting mental health and well-being in their communities. In Section 4, we will delve into the importance of communication and developing listening skills. Learning Objective: • At the end of the session, the participants will be able to: - Know the importance of effective communication - Learn about emphatic listening Activity 4 - Partner up the members. Between the pair, one will tell a story about their childhood experience for 5 minutes as the other listens without responding or interrupting, before switching roles. When both are done, each one will summarize for one minute what the other person said, and comment on the body language of the person as they shared their stories. - Ask 5 people to share their experience and discuss how did it feel like listening for 5 minutes without being allowed to respond right away, being asked to summarize what the other person has just said, and commenting on the body language. 15