GENTLE AND FIRM

ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING
d: 11.05.2025
t: 10:00 – 18:00
@RIZOMA

I am assertive when I recognize my feelings, opinions, and desires and find a constructive way to express them.
I am assertive when I know when my boundaries are being crossed and I know how to respond.
I am assertive when I clearly say “no” or “yes”
I am assertive when I know when my boundaries are being violated and anger arises within me.

What will I learn?

– How to better recognize your boundaries
– How to clearly say “yes” and “no”
– Recognizing anxiety symptoms that stop us from being assertive
– What is your dominant relational pattern in conflict resolution
– How to communicate more constructively : facts – feelings – needs

How much is it?

This 8-hour workshop is contribution based: 40 – 100 eur.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO LEARN?

This workshop is interactive and consists of several learning cycles: knowledge (self-test, mini-lecture) – experience (game, role-play), reflection – application in everyday life.
The workshop combines elements of social skills training with psychotherapist feedback on individual functioning in the group.
The psychotherapeutic focus is particularly on anxiety (tension in the body and cognitive contraction) which many of us experience precisely when they have to behave assertively. This is the result of past entanglements in aggressive, avoidant, or manipulative relationships that did not accept assertive behaviors and which we unconsciously replicate in adult life.
It is possible to continue assertiveness training in the next three modules, each of which deepens personal work on boundaries assertiveness and anxiety regulation.
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Is this for me?

If the statements in the beginning of the page inspire you to reflect on your own assertiveness, indicate your strengths or areas to work on, then this workshop is for you. During the one-day workshop, you will learn the difference between assertiveness, aggression, avoidance, and manipulation. You will practice assertive communication in a group and one-on-one situations, and recognize your own moments of avoiding, aggression or manipulation.
If you want to stay informed about my future workshops and psychotherapy content:
Piotr Szmyt psychotherapy lisbon

I run my own psychotherapy practice in Lisbon and in Sintra. In individual and couples therapy, I curiously observe how common non-assertive behaviors are and how negatively they affect our own relationship with ourselves and others. I am also a social skills trainer – I conduct assertiveness and interpersonal training. I believe that this training can be the beginning of a better understanding of yourself and improvement in your relational life.

Piotr Szmyt
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