About the Training

When: April 14, 2023, 9am (MT)

Format: Online via Zoom, 1-hour session

Cost: No-Cost

Description

This interactive mental health workshop will explore healthy and effective communication strategies based on the work of John Gottman and Marshall B. Rosenberg. Participants will have opportunities to work collectively to roleplay skills, as well as self-reflect on their communication styles through prompts and worksheets.

Objectives:

• Experiment with the influence we can have on our interactions through the use of nonverbal communication, proximity, para-language, and touch
• Practice “listening to understand,” as opposed to “listening to respond”
• Use strategies for communicating needs, making specific requests, and listening for underlying needs in our communication partners
• Analyze the power of words, and learn how to influence effective communication.
• Self-sooth during difficult conversations

The Trainers

Jen Racicot

Jen Racicot is professional counseling licensure candidate. Jen Racicot has been in the helping professions for over 20 years. After working with ages 3-70 teaching, coaching and leading workshops locally and internationally, Jen is now a counselor for Montana Public Health Training Center and provides free counseling to public health and healthcare workers in collaboration with the Public Health Workplace Wellness grant.

Roni Johnson

Roni Johnson is a Professor in the Department of Counseling and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. She is an editor of the textbook Intimate Relationships: Skills and Strategies that Lead to Success, and she has advanced training in Gottman Method Couples Counseling. Roni teaches graduate level counseling courses at the University of Montana, and provides free counseling to public health and healthcare workers in collaboration with the Public Health Workplace Wellness grant.