Guide to Compassionate Assertiveness by Sherrie Vavrichek

Guide to Compassionate Assertiveness by Sherrie Vavrichek

Speaking up for yourself has benefits, but it has costs, too. Many people who struggle with assertiveness are paralyzed by worries that they'll seem mean, petty, or that they will hurt the other person's feelings. Even though they want to speak up, they may keep their true needs and opinions to themselves because of these fears-eventually building stress, resentment, and alienation. The Guide to Compassionate Assertiveness does not require that readers ignore the needs of others and focus solely on their own desires. Rather, this unique blend of cognitive behavioural therapy-based assertiveness training and Buddhist psychology helps readers practice assertiveness skills while caring deeply about the welfare of others. This book helps readers develop a form of assertiveness that emphasizes collaboration, negotiation, and compromise. It focuses on speaking up for the benefit of others and speaking up for the relationship, not just one's own needs. In this way, readers learn to assert their needs in ways that match their compassionate value systems. This book is the ideal assertiveness guide for those who are afraid of rejection, have a deep concern for how others perceive them, often feel judged by others, or have difficulty expressing their feelings and needs. Readers learn to apply assertiveness skills in all domains of their lives, including in romantic relationships, as parents, at work, and in social settings.

It's (relatively) straightforward to be simply compassionate; the same with being assertiveBut being both at the same time is a real challenge, even though that's the sweet spot in significant relationships of any kind. Sherrie Vavrichek has done a remarkable job in offering heartfelt, solid, down-to-earth, and effective ways to occupy this sweet spot at home and work. -- Rick Hanson,author of Buddha's Brain. In this book, Sherrie Vavrichek skillfully draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, Buddhist psychology and philosophy, and her own deep insight. The compassionate assertiveness approach offers powerful tools to grow beyond conflict strategies that no longer serve, without doing violence to oneself or others. Her book is a valuable contribution that will be a great help to many. -- Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation.

Sherrie M. Vavrichek, is a senior staff member at the Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington, in the Washington DC, area. She has extensive experience as a cognitive behavioural therapist, is a published author, and has presented at national conferences on numerous mental health topics, including compassionate assertiveness.

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ISBN 13	9781608821716
ISBN 10	1608821714
Title	Guide to Compassionate Assertiveness
Author	Sherrie Vavrichek
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	New Harbinger Publications
Year published	2012-08-01
Number of pages	224
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