Couple Communication I

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.

Learning Formats and Methods

You and your partner participate in one of two formats:

• ‘As a couple with me as your instructor (in sessions totaling 6 hours)
• Intensive Weekend Retreat

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.