Assertiveness Skills: Help Clients Feel Heard...

Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, provides a comprehensive guide to developing assertiveness skills, defined as the ability to clearly and respectfully state one's feelings, wants, and needs (0:34). Key Takeaways: Defining Assertiveness: It is characterized by honesty, ownership of one's ne ...  Show more

00:00 Introduction & Topics Covered 01:00 What Are Boundaries? 02:30 How Childhood Shapes Boundaries 04:30 Learning and Modeling Boundaries 06:30 Weak, Rigid, and Mixed Boundaries 08:30 Understanding Safe vs. Healthy Boundaries 10:00 Five Types of Boundaries 12:00 Physical and In ...  Show more

On today's episode, I talk about personality trait agreeableness and how this can impact your boundaries or lack thereof. Not speaking up and having a voice can greatly trigger feelings of resentment and bitterness not just towards others, but yourself. How can one cultivate t ...

Bronwyn Schweigerdt, LMFT explores how early attachment disruptions and alexithymia can impair a client’s ability to recognize and articulate anger. This interview offers structured strategies to support emotional identification and expression in session. Interview with Elizabeth ...  Show more

Many people struggle with being assertive, either because they don't want to come across as rude or because they lack confidence in themselves. In this episode, Brendon helps to explore what assertiveness really means and why it's an important skill to have. By the end of this ep ...  Show more

Still traumatized over an angry explosion she’d aimed at an abusive leader years before, a leader asks her coach to help her access healthy assertion to use during moments of conflict.Where are you on the assertion scale? Our assessments will tell you.In the episode, ASSERTION go ...  Show more