Using Immediacy To Facilitate and Deepen Communication

Thoughts or comments? Send us a text!We’re running on puppy time and talking about why a new dog can upend your routine fast. Then we share a therapy tool called immediacy and show how naming what’s happening right now can break through shutdowns, jokes, and stalemates in relationships. • what immediacy means in therapy and why it matters • noticing real-time reactions like shutdowns, jokes, and defensiveness • using I statements to name the dynamic without blame • examples with partners, parents, and kids after stressful moments • starting the hard conversation by naming fear and vulnerability If you would like to support this show, if you are a fan and you like listening or you appreciated this episode, use the link above.Support the showBUY ME A COFFEE or SUPPORT ALFIE'S TREAT STASHLearn more about my book, Nature Knows: Grow and Thrive through the Wisdom of Plants HERE.Comments about this episode? Suggestions for a future episode? Email me directly at [email protected]. Want to be a guest on No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women? Send Mary Rothwell a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/noshrinkingvioletsFollow me on Facebook and Instagram, and check out my website!