Welcome
A Relation Between
Understanding more about how to create, negotiate, and maintain meanings with others.
____________________ Relational Growth Communication Patterns Family Systems ____________________
loneliness Thich Nhat Hanh the suffering of our time
Attachment
Selves & Others
Our experiences of relationships are often riddled with patterns of our past, our capacity for sociality, and the possibilities of where we can be located.
relationships Guerrero, Andersen, & Afifi (2021) ongoing interactions between people
Uncertainty
Expectations & Social Norms
A more in-depth understanding of communication is key to expanding in our experiences across roles, interpersonal relationships, and close relationships. What is your level of relational satisfaction?
Our relationships often move us to expand in our understandings and engage in new frameworks and processes for inclusivity. What are your communication patterns?
Relationships
Communication Patterns
For many of us, close relationships and chosen families are where we locate our sense of being, belonging, and community.
Communication
Autonomy & Closeness
Relationships are constantly changing. Communication offers fluid, ongoing processes that focus on the meanings between us as we live in and through the historical, relational, and sociocultural contexts of our world.
Family Systems
Stress & Resilience
Relationships can adapt and transform. Across health-related, intergenerational, workplace, financial, and societal stress our relationships have the capacity to be resilient and flourish if they can engage in effective and competent communication processes.
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