Satisfactions

by Peter K. Gerlach

" From Newborn Infants To Dying Adults, We All Communicate To Reduce Local Discomforts - I.E. To ""Fill Current Needs."" Doing That Promotes Satisfaction. Anything You Do That Causes A Significant Emotional-spiritual-physical-mental Change In Another Person Can Be Called Communication. Thus It Is Impossible To ""Not Communicate"" With Other People, For Silence And Inactivity Cause Reactions And Presumed Meanings. The Quality Of Your Life And Key Relationships Depends Largely On The Effectiveness Of The Way You Communicate - Yet You Probably Don´T Know What You Need To Know About This Vital Life Skill. To Reality Check That Proposal, Mull These Five 1) Name A Learned Skill That You Rely On More Often Than Communicatingto Get Your Daily And Special Needs Met. Note That Thinking Is Internal Communication. 2) How Do You Distinguish Between Effective And Ineffective Communication? If You´Re Not Sure, How Can You Tell If You´Re Communicating Effectively In Situations You Deem Important?"" 3) On A Scale Of 1 (Totall"

496 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 2003

About the author

A professional trauma-recovery and family systems therapist.

The author of the non-profit educational "Break the Cycle" website. (http://sfhelp.org)

Over 33 years of experience as a professional therapist, working with individuals, couples and families.

B.Sc. of Mechanical Engineering from University of Stanford
M.A. of Social Work from University of Illinois
Participated in hundreds of post-graduate seminars.

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