COUPLE COMMUNICATION I teaches a practical set of talking and listening skills, plus other processes. It includes:
Recognizing the 7 Ingredients of a Collaborative Marriage — a healthy relationship
Choosing Communication StylesTM — with a map for you to:
- Identify ineffective and effective ways of talking and listening
- Improve the quality of your communication
Using the Awareness WheelTM — a tool to:
- Understand yourself and situations better, a foundation for effective communication
- Apply 6 talking skills to connect in a clear and constructive way
Applying the Listening CycleTM — a guide to:
- Tune in accurately to your partner
- Use 5 productive listening skills
Mapping Issues — a 9-step process that combines the talking and listening skills for you to:
- Make decisions and resolve conflicts collaboratively
Gain skills and tools that improve every aspect of your life — with your partner, your family and friends, and with people at work and elsewhere.
In COUPLE COMMUNICATION I, you and your partner learn to:
- Communicate together more effectively
- Make better decisions together
- Create faster, better resolutions to conflict
- Increase satisfaction as you strengthen your relationship
Learning Formats and Methods
You and your partner participate in one of two formats:
- In a group with an instructor and several other couples
(in sessions totaling 8 hours) - By yourselves as a couple with an instructor
(often six 50-minute sessions)
Enjoy Gaining Your New Skills Through:
- Explanations of the concepts, skills, and processes
- Demonstrations of the skills and processes
- Practice of skills and processes with real issues of your own choice (appropriate for the setting), using skills mats – innovative tools – to speed learning
- Coaching and feedback on your use of skills
- Application of your learning in real situations between sessions
Your Privacy is Respected
You choose together privately, as a couple, the issues you discuss and practice.
User Friendly Couple Materials
As a couple, you use a COUPLE COMMUNICATION I Couple Packet containing:
- 2 Collaborative Marriage Skills workbooks (one copy for each partner)
- 2 Skills Mats (one for talking, the other for listening)
- 2 Sets of 4 Pocket Cards to prompt skill use
- 2 Awareness Wheel pads
The materials are for:
- Use during sessions
- Practice at home between sessions
- Application after the course to reinforce skills when negotiating issues
The workbook in the Couple Packet comes in one of two versions:
- Regular
- With Scripture
Both are softcover, 8 x 10 inches, 144 pages, 2007
The COUPLE COMMUNICATION I Couple Packet is $39.95
For description of the Couple Packet in Spanish, click here for more information.
All materials are copyrighted by Interpersonal Communication Programs, Inc. (ICP), Evergreen, CO
To Receive Materials
You receive your Couple Packet through your instructor, or he or she may ask you to purchase it directly from ICP. To purchase it from ICP, you may use our online order form, or contact us via one of the methods below. In either case, be sure you have your instructor's name.
| Interpersonal Communication Programs, Inc. | ||
| 30772 Southview Dr. #200 | ||
| Evergreen, CO 80439 USA | ||
| Toll-free: 800-328-5099 | Phone: 303-674-2051 | Fax: 303-674-4283 |
| Email: icp@comskills.com | ||
Take THRIVE
As a couple together with your instructor, you can decide if you wish to take THRIVE, the on-line Collaborative Marriage Inventory.
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