assertiveness training
Speaking-up instruction
Assertiveness training is instruction in expressing one's needs, opinions, and boundaries clearly and confidently without aggression.
Common in therapy and workplace development, it teaches people to advocate for themselves: After assertiveness training, she learned to say no to unreasonable requests.
The goal is standing up for yourself while respecting others.
- body languageUnspoken physical expression
- role-playingActing out characters
- conflict resolutionSettling disputes between parties
- courageFortitude facing danger
- pushbackResistance to something proposed
self-awareness · self-advocacy · negotiation · psychoeducation · scripts · emotional regulation · active listening · directness · saying no · standing your ground · personal rights · empathy · positive reinforcement · self-esteem building · exposure therapy · stress management · confidence · mindfulness
- self-defenseself-defense, martial arts, self-protection, karate, pepper spray
- Psychology TechniquesCBT, conditioning, reinforcement, exposure therapy, desensitization
- confidence boostersaffirmations, positive self-talk, visualization, power posing, mantras
- mental wellnessmental health support, self-care, mental wellness, emotional wellness, coping skills
- social skillssocial skills, conversation, sharing, helping, listening
- therapypsychotherapy, therapist, session, counselor, group therapy
assertiveness traininglearned helplessness
Trauma-induced belief in powerlessness
assertiveness trainingself-effacement
Downplaying one's importance
subservience · obsequiousness · servility · over-accommodation · timidity