When I Say No, I Feel Guilty: How to Cope--using the Skills of Systematic Assertive Therapy

This book demonstrates by a novel dialogue method the skills everyone can learn for coping with other people. Easy to grasp, these techniques are challenging fun too. However healthy you are, whatever your style of life, you have to deal with other people in: the commercial world (where garage mechanics may take advantage of you); authority relationships (where employees -- or bosses -- may manipulate you); and, most important of all, close relationships of equality (where lovers may have different sexual agendas). Actual learner dialogues throughout enable everyone to learn genuine assertiveness -- whether you are shy, or apparently aggressive, whether you are looking for relief from emotional pain or simply for further personal growth. Dr. Smith proves that most of the time discovering your supposedly hidden personality faults is not necessary. Learning to be assertive is. -- From publisher's description.