Hamilton-Wenham Public Library

Your perfect right, assertiveness and equality in your life and relationships, Robert Alberti, PhD, and Michael Emmons, PhD

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Your perfect right

bibliography

982184093

Robert Alberti, PhD, and Michael Emmons, PhD

assertiveness and equality in your life and relationships

Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the tenth edition -- You and your perfect right -- Assertiveness and you -- How assertive are you now? -- Keep track of your growth -- Discovering assertiveness -- Whose perfect right? -- What it means to be assertive -- "Can you give me an example?" -- Becoming assertive -- Set goals for yourself -- It's not what you say, it's how you say it! -- Assertive messages?twenty-first-century style -- Thinking assertively -- There's nothing to be afraid of -- It's a skill you can learn -- Take it one step at a time -- Building assertive relationships -- Assertiveness builds equal relationships -- All in the family : assertiveness for parents, children, and seniors -- Assertiveness, intimacy, and sexuality -- Applying your assertiveness -- Anger 101: it's not a four-letter word -- Anger 102: what you can do about it -- Must we put up with put-downs? -- Assertiveness works at work too -- Dealing with difficult people -- Living an assertive life -- Deciding when to be assertive? or not -- When assertiveness doesn?t work -- Helping others deal with the new assertive you -- Beyond assertiveness -- Appendix: assertiveness practice situations -- Online resources -- References and further reading -- Index