Appreciative Communication for Couples
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Conflict Solutions to Try Out and Apply
Immediately usable techniques that focus on understanding rather than reproach:
- Before-and-after dialogues that make the transformation visible
- Compact, easy to read, as practical as possible
- A clear structure: from many tips to your own competence
Arguments, misunderstandings, having to be right, hurt feelings: conflicts are part of every couple’s daily life. And yet we all wish for conversations that connect rather than divide.
This book shows how that is possible: down to earth, with humour and with the power of Nonviolent Communication (NVC).
The choice of topics is based on several surveys carried out by the authors. They give a realistic view of what really occupies couples: from jealousy to housework, from closeness to the things that get on our nerves.
The book takes readers through typical couple topics in before-and-after dialogues, showing how communication escalates and how NVC can de-escalate and connect. Short accompanying notes explain the most common pitfalls and traps and give practical tips; they are deliberately reduced as the book goes on, because growing personal competence, not more theory, should make the difference.
Clearly structured, easy to read and deliberately compact, this book offers realistic insights into couples’ daily life and NVC practice. Ideal for couples who want to understand each other better again, and for anyone who wants dialogues that really lead somewhere.
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Andi Schmidbauer
Andi Schmidbauer is a certified trainer of the Nonviolent Communication professional association, a mediator and mediation trainer, a coach, facilitator and heart circle trainer. He is co-owner of the Akademie Blickwinkel in Munich. "Appreciation for the person in front of me is the basis of every successful conversation. Even when we differ on the facts, a human connection can be kept." With Ingrid Holler he wrote Appreciative Communication for Couples (Junfermann, 2026). https://www.akademie-blickwinkel.de