Couples Communication
"The greatest impediment to understanding one another is our tendency to become emotionally reactive and respond defensively instead of listening and hearing each other"
-Nicols & Schwartz, 1998
Based on well researched principles, this workshop is designed to help couples communicate and manage conflict more effectively. The workshop is 10 hours and runs Friday evening from 7pm-10pm and Saturday from 9am-4pm. This particular workshop focuses on how we communicate with each other and how hearing and listening are vastly different. We suggest that this be the first workshop that couples participate in as it builds basic tools which are needed for our "Handling Conflict" workshop.
You will learn:
-How do I listen personally?
-How do my emotions play a part in my listening and speaking?
-How do I effectively get my point across to my partner?
-What are the different types of conflict?