The goal of our Assertiveness Training workshop is to enable participants to learn to express their rights, requests, opinions, and feelings honestly, directly, and appropriately without violating the rights and self-esteem of others.

Each Assertiveness Training Institute training workshop begins with a self-assessment that enables individuals to understand their personality. We delve into each person’s strengths, weaknesses and stress areas to help people understand what makes them “tick.” We then begin the process of enabling participants to understand how to communicate more effectively with others. Through various activities and assertiveness training exercises, participants then begin to recognize other communication styles and the best way to communicate to them. Here is when the process of becoming more assertive truly takes shape – by understanding the needs of other communication styles, participants learn how to express their opinion and stand up for their interests regardless of who they are dealing with.

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Assertiveness Training: Those Lacking Assertive Communication Skills Can Benefit From Assertiveness Training

Assertiveness is a way of making sure your needs are met while still considering the needs of others. If you suffer from social anxiety disorder (SAD), communicating assertively may seem uncomfortable at first. Chances are that you have adopted a passive communication style that enables you to avoid conflict but leaves you feeling anxious, depressed and helpless, and causes frustration and discomfort to those around you.

Assertiveness Skills
Learning to communicate assertively is not selfish, but rather an effective way of negotiating social encounters.

Misconceptions About Your Assertiveness Skills
You may have misconceptions about what being assertive means. People who communicate assertively are not pushy or obnoxious. They do not step on the feelings of others to get what they want, as is the case with aggressive communication. Instead, learning assertive communication though assertiveness training involves expressing your feelings, needs and desires in a nonjudgmental and non-threatening way.

Assertive communication learned through assertiveness training can also be considered helpful to others, because you are giving clear information about what you need to be satisfied. By doing so in a non-threatening manner, you also give others the opportunity to refuse your requests if your needs conflict with their needs.

Not Sure About Assertiveness Training?

Still not sure if assertive training is the way to go? Consider that most of your daily encounters will be with people who are communicating and behaving using assertive skills. They are telling you what they need from you and expecting you to refuse if their needs conflict with yours. If a request is too large or too difficult, it is up to you to have the necessary assertive skills to communicate why you can't comply. By the same token, others expect you to tell them what you need. Instead of expecting others to read your mind, or hoping that they will guess what you want, you need to be clear, honest and open about your assertiveness skills and your assertiveness training needs.

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