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Communication Training

When Dr. Blake asks couples why they have come for counseling services, the answer he most gets is, "We're having communication problems." That comment is often quite an understatement of their major conflicts. However, communication is a genuine problem for many couples.

It is not unusual for people to feel like they communicate quite well with everyone except their mates. Being married provides grand opportunities for serious conflicts, stresses and strains that generate strong emotional feelings which interfere with the relationship.

Instructing, guiding, demonstrating and modeling good communication skills is a part of every couple's counseling session whether formal or informal. However, when it is appropriate, Dr. Blake offers formal communication training with the well known and highly effective "Couple Communication-I" program developed by Interpersonal Communication Programs, Inc. He has been one of their approved instructors for many years.

This communication course has also been designed for individuals as well as a program offered to businesses, churches, organizations, and agencies, and churches for their personnel. The following information about this program, taken from a brochure by ICP, Inc., is quite impressive:

Over 600,000 couples have participated in "Couple Communication" since its beginning at the Univeristy of Minnesota Family Study Center.
Frameworks are theoretically grounded and well researched.
More than 70 independent studies, many at major universities throughout the United States, document the effectiveness of the program in helping partners learn skills and increase relationship satisfaction.
Awards affirming the program have been received from the Association of Couples for Marriage Enrichment, The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, and the National Council on Family Relations.
Special kinesthetic methodology accelerates skill learning.
"Couple Communication" offers the best integrated set of communication concepts and specific skills available.

If communication is a serious problem for you as an individual, as a couple or within your organization, call or send email for more information or to schedule a course.

Dr. Gary Blake • 913-381-6060

Serving the Kansas City Metro Area

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