couple communication 2

Interpersonal Communication skills

COUPLE COMMUNICATION II Advanced program – extends the use of skills taught in COUPLE COMMUNICATION I into processes for you to continue building a collaborative relationship. It includes managing your own, and responding to your partner’s, anger more effectively.

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The Skills Zone

Staying skilled – regardless of what the other person does
Applying – a “collaborative operating system” in important conversations.

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Managing Anger

Recognizing – 4 unhealthy expressions of anger
Using – a healthy process for putting anger to work constructively.

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Responding to my partners anger

Being alert – to your own typical reactions to your partner’s anger
De-escalating – tension and acting in positive ways for your relationship.

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Aligning Your Relationship

Exploring – our values and goals
Setting – plans for the future.

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Learning Formats and Methods

In a Group with an instructor and several other couples – in sessions totaling 8 hours
By yourselves as a couple with an instructor – often five 50-minute sessions