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Interpersonal Living A Skills/Contract Approach to Human Relations Training in Groups

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ISBN-10: 0818501898

ISBN-13: 9780818501890

Edition: 1976

Authors: Gerard Egan

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This introduction to a group-centered training program emphasizes systematic learning of basic interpersonal skills, as well as skills needed to become an effective communicator and group member.
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Book details

List price: $149.95
Copyright year: 1976
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 1/1/1976
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 318
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Gerard Egan, Ph.D., is Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Organizational Studies at Loyola University of Chicago. He has written over a dozen books and currently writes in the areas of communication, counseling, business and organization effectiveness, management development, leadership, the management of innovation and change, and organization politics and culture. He also conducts workshops in these areas both in the United States and abroad and is a consultant at a variety of companies and institutions worldwide.

Introduction and Overview
Introduction: The Basic Concepts of the Human-Relations Training-Laboratory
The Contract: An Overview of the Human-Relations-Training Model
Phase I: The Skills of Letting Yourself be Known
The Skill of Self-Disclosure
Concreteness in Communication
The Expression of Feeling and Emotion
Phase I: The Skills of Listening and Responding
Attending and Listening
The Communication of Accurate Empathic Understanding: Creating a Climate of Support
Genuineness and Respect as Communication Skills
Phase I,
The Skills of Challenging
Moving Deeper: Advanced Accurate Empathy (AE II)
Confrontation
Immediacy: Direct, Mutual Talk
Phase II: The Skills of Effective Group Participation
Group-Specific Skills
Phase III: Putting it All Together
The Open Group
Changing Your Interpersonal Behavior