Assertiveness Your Perfect Right
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will
be able to:
Chapter 1: Assertiveness and You
- Provide a definition of healthy assertive action.
Chapter 2: Whose Perfect Right?
- Describe how the goal of achieving equality in a multicultural, pluralistic
society has become challenging.
Chapter 3: How Are You Assertive Now?
- Give Assertiveness Inventory test to your clients.
Chapter 4: Keep Track of Your Growth
- Help your clients prepare the Personal Growth Log.
Chapter 5: What It Means to Be Assertiveness
- Discuss various elements of the definition of assertiveness.
- Contrast assertive, nonassertive and aggressive actions.
- Classify assertive and aggressive behaviors.
Chapter 6: “Can You Give Me an Example?"
- Select various social, familial and work-related situations and formulate
assertive, nonassertive and aggressive responses to each situation.
Chapter 7: It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It!
- Identify and expound upon the key components of assertive behavior.
Chapter 8: Set Goals for Yourself
- Identify three major characteristics of healthy personal growth and
describe the behavioral model based on these qualities.
Chapter 9: Thinking Assertively
- Describe the deleterious effect of the continuous cycle of attitude,
behavior and feedback.
- Identify the thoughts that get in the way of self-assertion.
- Explain to a client three “cognitive-behavioral" methods developed
for dealing with thinking patterns.
Chapter 10: There’s Nothing to Be Afraid of
- Explain the SUD scale and its application to assertiveness training.
- Explain the two methods for overcoming anxiety.
Chapter 11: It’s a Skill You Can Learn
- Outline step-by-step the process of becoming assertive.
Chapter 12: Take It One Step at a Time
- Describe the step-by-step process for increasing your assertiveness.
Chapter 13: Assertiveness Builds Equal Relationships
- List 5 types of love and explain how assertiveness is important in building
equal relationships.
Chapter 14: Anger is Not a Four-Letter Word
- List 5 areas in anger management on which most mental health professionals
agree.
- Distinguish between facts, theories and myths about anger.
- Identify 5 elements that may contribute toward making people angry.
- Outline 32 steps to managing anger.
Chapter 15: Must We Put Up With Put-downs?
- Explore with your client some of the most common put-down behaviors and
what to do about them.
Chapter 16: Assertiveness, Intimacy, and Sexuality
- Define intimacy and list six major dimensions which make for genuine
intimacy.
- Classify various sexual communication types and describe their traits and
body language.
- Distinguish between male and female sexual attitudes and behaviors.
Chapter 17: Assertiveness Works at Work, Too
- List some general ways in which one can practice assertion on the job.
- Describe how one can use his or her assertiveness skills in job search.
- Practice assertiveness in on-the-job relationships, dealing with
supervisors and supervisees, and other coworkers.
Chapter 18: Dealing With Difficult People
- Describe 11 action steps you can take when confronted by someone who’s
trying to push you around.
- Describe guidelines and procedures which can help when you’re confronted
with a particularly difficult person or situation.
Chapter 19: Deciding When to Be Assertive
- Identify situations when it makes sense to be assertive and those when it’s
better to walk away.
Chapter 20: Helping Others Deal With The New Assertive You
- List potential adverse reactions to assertiveness.
Part I: You and Your Perfect Right
Chapter 1: Assertiveness and You
Chapter 2: Whose Perfect Right?
Chapter 3: How Are You Assertive Now?
Chapter 4: Keep Track of Your Growth
Part II: Discovering Assertiveness
Chapter 5: What It Means to Be Assertive
Chapter 6: “Can You Give Me an Example?”
Chapter 7: It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It!
Part III: Becoming Assertive
Chapter 8: Set Goals for Yourself
Chapter 9: Thinking Assertively
Chapter 10: There’s Nothing to Be Afraid of
Chapter 11: It’s a Skill You Can Learn
Chapter 12: Take It One Step at a Time
Part IV: Applying Your Assertiveness
Chapter 13: Assertiveness Builds Equal Relationships
Chapter 14: Anger Is Not a Four-Letter Word
Chapter 15: Must We Put Up With Put-downs?
Chapter 16: Assertiveness, Intimacy, and Sexuality
Chapter 17: Assertiveness Works at Work, Too
Chapter 18: Dealing With Difficult People
Part V: Living an Assertive Life
Chapter 19: Deciding When to Be Assertive
Chapter 20: Helping Others Deal With The New Assertive You
Chapter 21: Beyond Assertiveness
Appendices
A. Assertiveness Takes Practice
B. References and Further Reading Assertiveness Your Perfect Right
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