The Assertiveness Workbook: How to Express Your Ideas & Stand Up for Yourself at Work & in Relationships

How to Express Your Ideas and Stand Up for Yourself at Work and in Relationships

Author: Randy J. Paterson Series: Workbook

The Assertiveness Workbook: How to Express Your Ideas & Stand Up for Yourself at Work & in Relationships

Randy J Paterson is the author of "Your Perfect Right: A Guide to Assertive Living"

This step-by-step guide uses cognitive-behavioural techniques to help the reader suffering from assertiveness problems to set realistic personal boundaries and transform interpersonal styles. real-life examples, checklists and exercises are supplemented with support and encouragement.

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Randy J Paterson is the author of "Your Perfect Right: A Guide to Assertive Living"

Description

This self-directed program teaches readers to speak up and say what they mean at work and at home. Written supportively, it uses proven cognitive behavioral techniques to help individuals build self-confidence, set boundaries, and determine appropriate responses. 10 charts.

Critic Reviews

“This workbook will be a welcome resource to individuals currently struggling with assertiveness difficulties. It will not only help people tackle assertiveness issues, but also target such important topics as need for control, conflict management, and even acceptance of compliments. In short, it holds the potential to effectively change your life." ”

"Assertiveness problems--including excessive unassertiveness, aggressiveness, and passive-aggressiveness--afflict millions of people, leading to suffering and undermining potentials for happy, fulfilling lives. In The Assertiveness Workbook, Dr. Randy J. Paterson combines science and clinical experience to create the definitive guide for overcoming assertiveness problems. Blending wisdom, wit, and compassions, this sophisticated yet highly readable volume shows people how to improve their assertiveness in a structured, step-by-step fashion. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to improve their assertiveness, and for therapists treating assertiveness problems."
--Steven Taylor, Ph.D., R.Psych., Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, and Associate Editor of Behavior Research and Therapy

"This workbook will be a welcome resource to individuals currently struggling with assertiveness difficulties. It will not only help people tackle assertiveness issues, but also target such important topics as need for control, conflict management, and even acceptance of compliments. In short, it holds the potential to effectively change your life."
--Brian Coz, Ph.D., C.Psych., Psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, and author of more than 100 published research articles on anxiety disorders and depression

About the Author

Randy J. Paterson is a clinical psychologist and university lecturer.

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The Assertiveness Workbook Learn how to build self-confidence, express your ideas, say "no" without guilt, and stand up for yourself in life, love, and on the job-all with the proven, simple, step-by-step method available to you in The Assertiveness Workbook.