Improve your communication

Develop confidence that you can communicate together effectively

Expand understanding of yourself and your partner

Increase satisfaction in your relationship

Create faster and better resolutions

to conflict Reduce disagreements and tension

Experience greater caring and respect for

self and partner

Over 600,000 couples have participated in

“Talking and Listening Together” since its

beginning at the University of Minnesota

Family Study Center.

Frameworks are

theoretically grounded

and well researched.

More than 70 independent studies, many at

major universities throughout the United

States, document the effectiveness of the

program in helping partners learn skills and

increase relationship satisfaction.

Awards affirming the program have been

received from the Association of Couples for

Marriage Enrichment, the American

Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

and the National Council on Family Relations.

Special Kinesthetic Methodology accelerates

skill learning

Living Water Counseling

Talking and Listening Together A Couples Communication Class

“We learned skills we can use the rest of our lives to deal with any kind of issue.”

Practical

instruction

relevant to the

needs of today

What is unique about

“Talking and Listening Together”?

541-840-1924

Living Water Counseling A ministry of Trinity Presbyterian Church

1332 Mt. Pitt Street

Medford, OR 97501

541-840-1924

www.livingwatercounseling.net

Contact Living Water Counseling

to

register & for more information

Learn New Skills IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF

YOUR COMMUNICATION

“Talking and Listening Together” integrates an

excellent set of communication concepts and

specific skills that are user-friendly

“Map- An-Issue” Process

An eight-step discussion

that combines 11 talking

and listening skills

The Listening

Cycle Tune in accurately

to your partner’s

concerns

The Awareness

Wheel

Organize your awareness

Styles of

Communication

Recognize ineffective

and effective ways for

talking and listening

Create best-fit solutions to complicated situations

Deal with personal and relational concerns more productively

Use 5 productive listening skills

Strengthen your relationship

Understand yourself and situations better

Apply 6 talking skills to be clear and constructive

“It was the best investment in our

marriage that we’ve ever made.”

Take the class

with a friend, relative

or spouse