Want to stop feeling anxious and communciate more effectively? This Starter kit offers everything you need to know to begin your assertive communication journey. Inside this self-directed, evidence-based 1,5 hour online course you will find videos and worksheets to help you improve your communication at work and home. This starter kit will explore:

  • How to identfy where, when and with whom you need to be more assertive

  • What are the 4 main styles of communication to help you identify your own dominant style and those of others?

  • What is assertiveness and why it is essential for healthy relationships?

  • What may be stopping you from being assertive?

  • The three main myths about assertiveness debunked.

  • What are the 7 steps required to produce an assertive statement?

  • Bonus: 6 ways that saying no assertively can dramatically improve your life

What else will you gain from this course?

  • Know who, when and in which situations you need to improve your assertive communication
  • Begin to identify and ask for what you want/need
  • Feel less stress or anxiety when standing up for yourself 
  • Start to handle difficult situations more confidently
  • Stop other people from taking advantage of you
  • Make more time for the things you care about
  • You can start putting your own needs first (oxygen mask)
  • Increase your self-confidence and self-esteem
  • Start to feel less guilty when you say NO to things you don't want to do or have the time to do
  • Produce and deliver an assertive statement using my 7-step process


Course curriculum

  1. 01

    • Welcome To The Course

    • Meet Your Trainer

    • How assertive am I? What is my dominant communication style?

    • Pre Course Survey

    • Your Course Plan Outline
  2. 02

    • Module Introduction

    • What is Assertiveness?

    • What are the 4 main communication styles?

    • 1. The Assertive Style

    • 2. The Passive Style

    • 3. The Aggressive Style

    • 4. The Passive-Aggressive Style

    • What are the benefits of being Assertive?

    • What is Stopping me being assertive? 5 reasons.

    • What are the 3 myths of Assertiveness?

    • Module 1 Summery
  3. 03

    • Module Introduction: How to ask for what you want in 7 easy steps in 7 easy steps

    • How to decide what you want to be more assertive about. Step 1

    • How to create a precise assertive statement. Step 2.

    • How to prepare to deliver your assertive statement. Step 3.

    • How to offer a workable compromise. Step 4.

    • Why is timing important when being assertive? Step 5.

    • How to handle persistence from others. Step 6.

    • How to keep calm. Step 7.

  4. 04

    • 6 Ways saying no can improve your life.

  5. 05

    • Course Summary

    • How to Contact Me

    • Whats Next? Check this out for information on future courses.

Testimonials

“Where to start … I’ve been a client of Kim’s for over 3 years and met her when I was just ready to take a pill to get back to ‘where I was ‘ I almost felt like I was walking through a fog and had lost myself completely. I had gone from a relatively happy-go-lucky girl to absolute down trodden and miserable due to various events and had no idea where to turn. From my initial meeting with Kim, she was completely warm, and patient and asked all The right questions with such delicacy and then began to arm me with the right tools to rebuild myself. And boy did I rebuild back with a vengeance. I learnt what triggered me and more importantly why my inner voice was so Loud and Aggressive. I then learnt how To turn that on its head. She really got to the Crux of why I am the way I am and got a deeper understanding of what can work for me as a result I’ve learnt to be patient and kind to myself and have so many tips to pick up when I trip over as inevitably that’s what life throws you - curve balls but I’ve learnt from Kim how to navigate around all of them. I’ve learnt to put up boundaries and become assertive without losing a sense of who I am. I would give her nothing short of a 5-star review and am almost envious of the journey her new patients will go through with her sessions ”

Georgina*

Client names have been changed to protect patient confidentiality

About Kim

Meet Your Instructor:

I trained to become a psychologist after 12 years in the beauty and cosmetic industry. I realised that no matter how good you look on the outside, the negative impact on your sense of self is immense if you don't feel good on the inside. 


If your self-esteem is low and you suffer from low self-worth, you cannot fill that void with dresses, makeup or shoes.  It might give you an immediate high, and you feel good momentarily, but it is very short-lived. Your negative feelings and inner critic soon become active again and take over.


This negative, critical, or passive mindset is holding you back from being the best version of yourself and colours your perceptions of yourself, the world, and others. 

 During my career as a psychologist, I've helped many women learn to overcome this negative critical mindset and replace it with a more realistic, helpful adaptive perspective.


 I have also struggled in the past with this. I let others walk over me and believed it was up to me to please others and put their needs above mine. As a result, I did not get promoted in the way I perhaps should've; I didn't push myself forward and allowed others to take the lead.

However, I now know that my mindset was holding me back, which resulted in me not speaking or standing up for myself. 


My passive mindset caused me a considerable amount of anxiety which I struggled with for many years. 

Thankfully I have overcome many of my limiting beliefs and anxieties and have replaced them with a more helpful, assertive mindset. 

Credibility:

BSc Psychology (Goldsmith College, University of London)

MSc Occupational Psychology (Goldsmith College, University of London)

MSc Counselling Psychology (Univerity of East London)

Qualification In Counselling Psychology (BPS, Conveying Chartership Status).

Postgraduate qualification (PgDip) in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Institue of Psychiatry, Kings College London

Extensive training courses in Compassion Focused Therapy, CBT Couples Therapy, EMDR

Certificate in Coaching using CBT

Accrediting bodies I belong to: 

HCPC: PYL 26996

BPS: 117708

BABCP: 150780

Member of the BPS division of counselling psychology and the special group for coaching psychology. 

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Ultimately, I am seeking to help my clients feel more content and satisfied in life, free to express themselves with confidence and poise, even in tricky situations. The transformation I expect participants to achieve is gaining a healthier work-life balance and a value-led, meaningful life while progressing in their careers to reach their full potential.

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