Messages: The Communication Skills Book

Book Description
Improve your relationships and personal effectiveness by mastering body language, sexual communication, making contact, assertiveness, negotiation, public speaking, self-disclosure, active listening, and influencing others. This book is a complete and accessible guide for anyone who wishes to communicate better and more effectively. It is also highly recommended for therapists who wish to provide a structured training porgram in specific communications skills for clients.


About the Author
Matthew McKay, Ph.D., is Clinical Director of Haight-Ashbury Psychological Services and in private practice in San Francisco. Dr. McKay is coauthor of several popular books, including The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook, The Anger Control Workbook, Thoughts & Feelings, Self-Esteem, The Self-Esteem Companion, The Daily Relaxer, When Anger Hurts and Couple Skills. Martha Davis, Ph.D., is a psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry of Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Santa Clara, California, where she does individual, couple, and group psychotherapy. Dr. Davis is author of Re;lax: The Stress Reduction System, and coauthor of The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook, and Thoughts & Feelings. Patrick Fanning is a professional writer in the mental health field. He is the author of Visualization for Change and Lifetime Weight Control and coauthor of several self-help books including Thoughts & Feelings and 50 Ways to Simplify Your Life.


Buy from Amazon     Compare Prices

Effective communication is essential to career success, stable family life, and personal happiness. Since its publication in 1983, Messages has become a proven standard in the field of books on communication skills, showing readers how to improve relationships and personal effectiveness by mastering the art of public speaking, body language, assertiveness, negotiating, and more.


Buy from Barnes & Noble     Compare Prices