Your Perfect Right : Assertiveness and Equality in Your Life and Relationships

by Alberti, Robert E., PhD

• ISBN13: 9781886230361
• ISBN10: 1886230366
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Impact Pub

Summary

The eighth edition of the most highly acclaimed & widely recommended assertiveness training book helps readers step-by-step to develop more effective self-expression. Psychologists Alberti & Emmons emphasize equal-relationship assertiveness -- not the all-too-common "me-first" attitude. Packed with detailed procedures, examples & exercises. The eight edition is completely revised & updated & includes new material on what it means to be assertive in the 21st century, living in a multicultural society, making the decision to express yourself assertively, appropriate anger expression & treatment for social anxiety & phobia. Chapters include: Assertiveness & You; Whose Perfect Right?; How Are You Assertive Now?; It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It!; There's Nothing To Be Afraid Of; Take It One Step At A Time; Assertiveness Builds Equal Relationships; Anger Is Not a Four-Letter Word; Must We Put Up With Put-Downs?; Assertive Intimacy; Assertiveness Works at Work, Too; Dealin

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
PART I : YOU AND YOUR PERFECT RIGHT
Assertiveness and You	3	(6)
Whose Perfect Right?	9	(12)
How Are You Assertive Now?	21	(6)
Keep Track of Your Growth	27	(8)
PART II: DISCOVERING ASSERTIVENESS
What it Means to Be Assertive	35	(12)
``Can You Give Me an Example?''	47	(7)
It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It!	54	(17)
PART III: BECOMING ASSERTIVE
Set Goals for Yourself	71	(10)
Thinking Assertively	81	(11)
There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of	92	(9)
It's a Skill You Can Learn	101	(6)
Take It One Step at a Time	107	(8)
PART IV: APPLYING YOUR ASSERTIVENESS
Assertiveness Builds Equal Relationships	115	(15)
Anger Is Not a Four-Letter Word	130	(19)
Must We Put Up With Put-Downs?	149	(6)
Assertiveness, Intimacy, and Sexuality	155	(18)
Assertiveness Works at Work, Too	173	(13)
Dealing with Difficult People	186	(11)
PART V: LIVING AN ASSERTIVE LIFE
Deciding When to Be Assertive	197	(7)
Helping Others Deal with the New Assertive You	204	(8)
Beyond Assertiveness	212	(28)
APPENDICES
A. Assertiveness Takes Practice	227	(9)
B. References and Further Reading	236	(4)
Index	240