skills and cognitive concepts

• Learn to Identify your own behavior as Assertive, Aggressive, or Passive

• Three Modes of Communicating

• Learn to distinguish between the Three Modes of Communicating

• Defining criteria for measuring change in Assertive Behavior

• Basic premises underlying the Three Modes of Communicating

• Identifying traditional assumptions and Countering with Assertive Rights

• Broken Record Technique

• Confronting your fears about being Assertive

• Criticism as Manipulation

• Acknowledgment

• Clouding

• Probing

• Content-to-Process shift

• Time Out

• Slowing Down

• Assertive Position Statement

• Assertive Listening

• Assertive Position Statement - Expressing and Listening

• Workable Compromise

goals

• To learn Assertive Communication Skills used in a variety of settings to improve your relationships both work and personal

• To distinguish Assertiveness from Aggressive and Passive communication

• To distinguish Assertive rights from myths about assertive behavior

• To explore your fears about being Assertive

format

The Assertiveness Individual Program uses a skill building format and each new skill relies, to some extent, on what has previously been learned, therefore participants are strongly encouraged to attend all eight (8) sessions. The Program sessions begin and end on time, lasting (45min).

participation

Interested persons schedule an initial interview session to discuss the process and feasibility of their participation. The Assertiveness Individual Program is most useful for people who are willing to honestly examine and recognize the consequences of their problem.

consultation

Interested persons may call or e-mail (see contact info below) for an initial consult session to discuss participation. The Assertiveness Individual Program is most useful for people who are willing to honestly examine and recognize the consequences of their problem.

cost & locations

The Assertiveness Individual Program includes 12 sessions and costs $150 per session. A variety of payment options are available as well as medical insurance reimbursement.

Online face-to-face Voice/Video sessions are simple and easy. All you need is a webcam and a high speed internet connection, such as DSL or cable. Download a free (Skype 3.8) or free (SightSpeed) Personal account. To begin a Growth Central Online Program, (1) order the appropriate workbook, (2) Click here to arrange by email for your first face-to-face Voice/Video Online Session or call the Growth Central Online Program facility in New York City (212-904-0223).

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**SightSpeed has higher quality video and is preferred by Growth Central

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Richard Pfeiffer, M.Div., Ph.D.  Director/Founder of Growth Central

• Individual  Issue Focused Programs for the following: Anger Management, Binge/Compulsive Eating, Assertiveness, Anxiety/Panic, Self Esteem, Stress Management, and Depression.

• Relationship Programs

• Marriage & Pre-Marriage Programs

Rich Pfeiffer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (NY,NJ), an  author, and a nationally Certified Anger Management Provider.  His  psychological / theological training are the foundation for his expertise  in  helping people work through their core conflicts. He is a Certified  Pastoral  Psychotherapist having graduated from the Blanton-Peale  Graduate Institute (NYC).  He is a Fellow of the American Association of  Pastoral Counselors (AAPC), and a Diplomate of the National Anger Management Association (NAMA).  An innovator in the development of Issue Focused Individual Programs and Emotion Focused Couple Programs, Pfeiffer has provided psychoeducational services to individuals and couples for over twenty years. He is the author of eight Real Solution Workbooks and the bestselling Creating Real Relationships.  Dr. Pfeiffer can be reached at growth@growthgroups.com