The Connection Course: Skills for Healthy Relationships
Do you feel like the people around you have some unspoken "rulebook” for how to behave in relationships, and no one wants to share it with you? Do you feel unfulfilled by the relationships in your life? Do you keep attracting the wrong people and not know where to find healthy relationships? If so, this course is for you.
The Connection Course will teach you the skills required to make your interpersonal life more fulfilling. It is a step-by-step guide on how to find, initiate, maintain and end relationships of any kind.
The Connection Course will teach you the skills required to make your interpersonal life more fulfilling. It is a step-by-step guide on how to find, initiate, maintain and end relationships of any kind.
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4+ hours of lectures
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15 lessons
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20 pages of handouts
Journaling prompts, exercises, and homework assignments -
Community forum
Access to a forum where you can ask questions or communicate about the course with other students
Pages of Assignments
Minutes of Lessons
Videos
This course is for you if...
You're not sure how to initiate deeper connection
You want to improve the quality or quantity of your relationships, but you haven't had much success finding the right relationships or initiating them.
You're not good with conflict
You either avoid conflict or engage in unproductive conflict strategies, resulting in greater relationship turmoil. You want to learn how to use conflict to your advantage, strengthening the relationship even further while advocating for your needs.
You pick the wrong people
Either in romantic relationships or friendships, you find yourself unable to discern between healthy and unhealthy relationships. You'd like to recognize unhealthy patterns sooner and attract healthier connections.
You struggle to bond with others
You're missing the communication skills that glue people together. You could use some help making others feel heard and knowing how to respond.
You don't know how to end a relationship
You wait until long past overdue to end relationships and aren't sure how to end them. You've either never initiated a breakup (romantic or platonic!) or done so poorly.
You're not sure how to healthily express your emotions
Everyone else seems to know exactly how to express and regulate their emotions without ruining the relationship. You want to learn to do the same.
Objectives
☑️ Gain a better understanding of your needs in a relationship
☑️ Differentiate between healthy, unhealthy & abusive relationships
☑️ Understand the three ingredients of love and how to cultivate them
☑️ Learn when and how to initiate deeper connection
☑️ Develop healthy communication skills
☑️ Make steps toward achieving a more secure attachment
☑️ Learn about healthy boundaries
☑️ Understand why and how to keep your relationship positive
☑️ Apply valuable emotion regulation skills
☑️ Learn the four relationship killers and their antidotes
☑️ Better understand your conflict style and ways to improve it
☑️ Skillfully navigate conflict
☑️ Learn how to healthily end a relationship that’s not working
Frequently asked questions
Is the course specific to romantic relationships?
Nope! This course contains skills and examples that can be applied to all types of relationships. A few of the lessons are based on research that was done on couples, but the skills referenced in those lessons are helpful for all kinds of relationships. There is only one lesson out of the 15 that is specific to romantic love.
Can I pay for the course over time?
Yes! You can either pay the one-time fee or pay over the course of several months.
Do I get lifetime access to the lessons?
Yes, you certainly do. And if I add additional lessons to the course later on, you will also get access to those, meaning you will have locked in the course at a lower price than what it may cost in the future.
What are students saying about The Connection Course?
Here is how students have answered the post-course feedback form as of 5/14/24:
- This course gave me valuable skills to healthily engage in relationships: 4.4/5 rating
- I feel better equipped to handle conflict: 4.4/5 rating
- I learned something I didn’t know about relationships: 4.8/5 rating
- I am better prepared for identifying and ending unhealthy relationships: 4.4/5 rating
- I learned something new about myself from this course: 4.2/5 rating
- This course was scientifically informed: 4.8/5 rating
- The course's teacher has a strong understanding of the course contents: 4.8/5 rating
- This course was engaging: 4.2/5 rating
- I would recommend this course to other people: 4.6/5 rating
- The course presentations explain the concepts of the course effectively: 4.2/5 rating
- The coursework given was fun to do and enhanced my learning experience: 4/5 rating
- What overall rating would you give the course? 4.4/5 rating
"I am working on facing conflict and expressing my feelings instead of avoiding and dismissing them, so it was very helpful. I feel more confident and have been able to bring up my concerns more often now."
"Based on good research/fundamentals. Clearly organised and enjoyable to watch. Provided good overview. "
Evidence-Based Tips to Improve Your Relational Life
I'm Dr. Ana Yudin, a Doctor of Clinical Psychology, author, and online psychoeducator. My main clinical and research interests are relationship issues of all kinds: romantic partnerships, friendships, family dynamics, and more. The skills discussed in The Connection Course are inspired by research and interventions of renowned psychologists like John Gottman, Marsha Linehan & Robert Sternberg. I hope to make evidence-based information accessible to the general public.
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