Self-affirmation
Objectives
- To be ourselves with others
- To defend our interests more effectively in the face of aggression or criticism
- To reinforce our sense of self when under pressure.
Content
- The concept of self-affirmation
- Knowing ourselves in order to assert ourselves
- Communicating our needs and setting limits
- The obstacles to self-affirmation
- The techniques of self-affirmation
- Responding positively to criticism and aggression.
Methods
- Video-based training exercises
- Small-group discussions of practical problems encountered by participants and joint search for solutions
- Role play
- Presentation of summaries by the facilitator
- Presentation of simple and practical methods of self-affirmation
- Printed handouts.