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
