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Practical Communication Skills

Learn structured, psychology-informed tools for listening with empathy, expressing needs clearly, and managing conflict constructively. Each session builds skills you can begin practicing immediately in your relationships.

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Attachment & Self-Awareness

Understand how attachment patterns influence your reactions, triggers, and communication style. Increase self-awareness so you can respond with intention rather than react from old patterns.

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Repair, Boundaries & Reconnection

Discover how healthy repair restores safety after conflict, how boundaries protect connection, and why regulation must come before reconnection. Build a stronger foundation for lasting relational health.

About the course

Communication is one of the most important — and most misunderstood — components of healthy relationships. Most of us were never taught how to express needs clearly, listen with empathy, or navigate conflict in a way that strengthens connection rather than erodes it. In this six-session course, you’ll explore attachment patterns, validation, repair, boundaries, and emotional regulation through a structured, psychology-informed framework. Each session builds on the last, offering practical tools you can begin applying immediately to foster greater understanding, safety, and connection in your relationships.

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Geneviève Malena

Geneviève Malena is a Registered Social Worker with a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. She works with individuals and couples navigating communication challenges, attachment concerns, and high-conflict dynamics. Her approach integrates attachment theory, emotional regulation, and structured communication tools to support greater clarity, safety, and relational understanding.

Curriculum

  1. 1

    Session 1: Orientation & Relationship Foundations

    1. (Included in full purchase)
  2. 2

    Session 2: Understanding Yourself & Listening with Empathy

    1. (Included in full purchase)
  3. 3

    Session 3: Expressing Needs Without Blame

    1. (Included in full purchase)
  4. 4

    Session 4: Managing Conflict Constructively

    1. (Included in full purchase)
  5. 5

    Session 5: Repair & Reconnection

    1. (Included in full purchase)
  6. 6

    Session 6: Review, Integration & Future Planning

    1. (Included in full purchase)

Start Building Stronger Relationship Skills

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$250.00