GETTING TO KNOW YOU: Your Personal Psychologist

Sasha - March 30th According to Dr.Robert Rose the infamous “battle of the sexes,” no longer has to be a deadly conflict. On his Internet talk show at www.blogtalkradio.com/icdrrose on Tuesday, March 30th t 4 PM (PST), he will interview Sasha, a young teacher. They will use Rose’s “GETTING TO KNOW YOU: Your Personal Psychologist.” It enables people to discover the people, events, and institutions that defined, formed them, This is a small workbook containing 200 open-ended statements. Each person takes her turn to complete each statement. Each can question the other to insure she is understood. Often it can be the beginning of a discussion about the meaning of it that leads to new insights and better understanding of the other - and self. Dr.Rose states that it is most effective if both are honest. Too often people that are dating, getting to know one another, or even in long term relationships tend to say or do whatever they think the other wants. This leads to a state he calls unfulfilled unrealistic expectations. Instead of asking for what she wants she hopes he will like or love her enough to figure out what she wants or needs. It is cowardice because she is afraid it will lead to rejection or he will not want or will be unable to fulfill these expectations. The process of getting to know you encourages the kind of communication that can break down barriers that can change a superficial relationship into a deeply emotionally satisfying one. Rose says this works in a new relationship or even as a refresher in a healthy long term one. He’s used it for couples, but also between a parent and child. He has a series of little booklets he designed for children in school to use, but that’s another show. (They are in his workbook, SELF-AWARENESS and SELF-DISCIPLINE.) Just listening anyone can begin to get valuable insights into any relationship and transform the “battle” into a rational discussion of compromise and effective communication.