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 Lesson 5: Looking Forward B. Parting Thoughts & Recommended
                          Reading
                                                    
                         Click > for a few final
                          thoughts from your instructor.  Thanks for sharing your time
                            and taking the initiative to seek out
                          ways to improve your communication skills.
                          Just by doing that you are well on the road
                          to improved satisfaction with your work
                          and personal relationships.  If you're looking for further
                          inspiration or need a refresher in the future,
                          take a look at some of these books that
                          I have found inspiring:  
                          
                            Bradshaw, J. (1988). On: the Family.
                              Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications
                              Inc.
                            Burns, D. (1999). Feeling Good - The
                              New Mood Therapy: Avon.
                            Angel & Petronko.
                                (1983) Developing the New Assertive
                                Nurse. New York, NY: Springer (Available
                                through Anderson Home Study, 1-800-532-2332,
                              10 hours)
                            Butler, Pamela. (1981) Self-Assertion
                              for Women. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 
                            Carnegie, Dale. (1957) How to Stop Worrying
                              and Start Living. Indianapolis, IN:
                            Cardinal, 7th printing
                            Crum, Thomas.
                                (1987) The Magic of Conflict. New
                              York: Touchstone (Simon & Schuster) 
                            De Angelis, Barbara.
                                (1987) How To Make Love All the Time.
                                New York: Rawson  Associates
                            Elgin, Suzette Haden. (1980) The Gentle
                              Art of Verbal Self-Defense. NJ(?):Dorset
                              Press (Prentice-Hall) 
                            Harris, Thomas.
                                (1973) I'm O.K. You're O.K. New York:
                                Avon,  Mass Market
                                Paperback
                            Klerman, Gerald
                                and Myrna Weissman. (1984) Interpersonal
                                Psychotherapy of Depression. New York:
                              Basic Books,.  Klerman
                            Miller, Jean Baker. (1986) Toward a
                              New Psychology of Women. Boston: Beacon
                              Press
                            Peck, Scott. (1998) The Road Less Traveled.
                              NY: Simon and Schuster
                            Recovery Publications.
                                The 12 Steps for Adult Children of
                              Alcoholic & Other
                                Dysfunctional Families. (619) 275-1350.
                            Smith, Manuel. (1975) When I Say No
                              I Feel Guilty. NY: Bantam Books (Random
                              House)
                            Weisinger, Hendrie & Lobsenz,
                                Norman. (1983) Nobody's Perfect: How
                                To Give Criticism and Get Results.
                              NY: Warner Books
                            Whitfield, Charles. (1989) Healing the
                              Child Within. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health
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