Assertiveness
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Communicating well is part of recovery |
Key issues underlying many of those presented by a client are assertiveness and lack of self-esteem. This 2 day course will explore some of the key ideas and techniques involved. It will provide participants with an opportunity to develop their own assertiveness and learn techniques that may be useful to clients.
Objectives
By the time the course has finished participants will be able to:-
- Assert their rights in a situation without impinging on the rights of others
- Differentiate between aggressive, passive and assertive behaviour.
- Clarify the kinds of situations where they are likely to be more or less assertive.
- Use a range of techniques to develop their own sense of self esteem.
- Say 'yes' and 'no' appropriately.
- Use a range of verbal techniques to communicate assertively.
- State their own boundaries and needs clearly.
- Relate assertiveness techniques to their own practice.
Length 2 days
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Please note
All our courses are commissioned for groups and organisations. If you have more than three people who would benefit from working together on this topic, use the link at the the bottom of the page to contact me, or click here to find out more about getting us to deliver a programme.
We regret that we do not have an open access programme