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Social Skills & Assertiveness: Expressing Yourself Without Needing External Approval
Finding the healthy balance between passivity and aggression: saying 'no' without guilt, setting clear boundaries, and communicating with confidence.
Social Skills & Assertiveness Training
In interpersonal relationships, many people oscillate between two extremes: a passive stance that sacrifices personal needs to avoid conflict or rejection, or an aggressive stance that defends boundaries through anger.
Assertiveness is the ability to express your thoughts, feelings, needs, and boundaries clearly, honestly, and calmly while fully respecting the rights of others.
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What Assertiveness Training Covers
- Saying "No" clearly without guilt or elaborate excuses
- Responding constructively to criticism without collapsing or becoming defensive
- Expressing needs and requests using clear "I-statements"
- Using hypnotic behavioural rehearsal to practise challenging conversations with calm confidence beforehand
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