Changeways: Assertiveness

Assertiveness and Communication Skills Resources

The Assertiveness Workbook
$20.00

How to Express Your Ideas and Stand Up for Yourself at Work and in Relationships
Randy Paterson, PhD. New Harbinger Publications 2000.
A self-help guide to better communication. The Assertiveness Workbook reviews the four primary communication styles (Assertive, Aggressive, Passive, and Passive-Aggressive) and shows how and why assertive communication generally produces better outcomes. Sections on various types of exchange (giving one's opinion, saying no, making requests, and more) provide tips to enhance assertiveness. 206 pages.

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The Assertiveness Workbook:
How to Express Your Ideas and Stand Up for Yourself at Work and in Relationships
by Randy J. Paterson.

Over 50,000 copies sold.

One of the bestselling guides to assertive communication on the market, The Assertiveness Workbook is a straightforward and comprehensive guide for individuals wanting to enhance their assertiveness skills. It is based on the Changeways Being There training protocol. For more information and for excerpts from the book, consult the Resources section of this website.

Book Contents

Part One: Understanding Assertiveness

What is assertiveness?
Overcoming the stress barrier
Overcoming the social barrier
Overcoming the belief barrier
Reality check
On the launchpad: Preparing for change

Part Two: Becoming Assertive

Becoming visible: Nonverbal behaviour
Being present: Giving your opinion
Taking the good: Receiving positive feedback
Giving helpful positive feedback
Taking the valuable: Receiving negative feedback
Constructive, not critical: Giving corrective feedback
The assertive "no"
Making requests without controlling others
Countdown to confrontation
Constructive confrontation

Postscript: Being you
Being There: A Changeways Guide to Assertiveness Skills
$95.00

A complete group therapy program on the training of assertive communication skills for the clinical and nonclinical population. Includes a 128-page manual for group participants, a 251-page Clinician's Guide, and a CD-ROM with pdf versions of the complete Participant Manual and associated forms (exercise sheets, group attendance form, brief session notes for the clinician). All materials can be reproduced for the purchaser's own clients. Adaptable for one-to-one training. Contact us for info on agency-wide site licensing. Spiral bound.

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Being There: A Changeways Guide to Assertiveness Skills

Author: Randy J. Paterson.

Being There is a complete assertiveness training kit, with Client Manual, Clinician's Guide, and a CD-ROM enabling you to create copies of the manual for as many clients as you wish. Although presented as a group therapy protocol, the materials can be easily adapted to individual therapy and coaching settings.

Participant Manual (128 pages)

Part One: Understanding Assertiveness

What is assertiveness?
Barriers to assertive behaviour: Stress
Barriers to assertive behaviour: Gender
Barriers to assertive behaviour: Social factors
Barriers to assertive behaviour: Maladaptive beliefs
Assertive righs

Part Two: Becoming Assertive

On the launchpad
Nonverbal behaviour
Giving your opinion
Accepting compliments
Giving positive feedback
Coping with criticism
Giving corrective feedback
Saying no
Making requests
Confrontation

Clinician's Guide (251 pages)

About the program
Who is likely to benefit?
Assessment and program evaluation
Structuring your group: 8- and 10-session versions
Use of this manual
Training instructions for Part One of Participant Manual
Training instructions for Part Two of Participant Manual
Ending the group
Quick reference: Clinician notes for each session of the program
References and resources
Appendix I: Assertiveness inventory
Appendix II: Forms and resources
Appendix III: Group exercise handouts

CD-ROM

Participant Manual
Clinician's Quick Reference
Assertiveness Inventory
Forms and Resources
Exercise Handouts