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So much of our learning about communication and connection is through conditioning, observing family (in whatever form that takes)/friends/enemies/peers/et al, and either adapting or rejecting what is experienced. As someone who teaches therapists, the eye opening experience that many of my students have is that they never formally learned how to communicate, how to form connections, how to conflict, how to advocate for themselves, and get needs met. What I hope to pass on is that it is not too late to work on these skills for themselves as therapists and for the clients. Or for you and me!
So much of our learning about communication and connection is through conditioning, observing family (in whatever form that takes)/friends/enemies/peers/et al, and either adapting or rejecting what is experienced. As someone who teaches therapists, the eye opening experience that many of my students have is that they never formally learned how to communicate, how to form connections, how to conflict, how to advocate for themselves, and get needs met. What I hope to pass on is that it is not too late to work on these skills for themselves as therapists and for the clients. Or for you and me!