Communication Breakthrough: How Using Brain Science and Listening to Body Cues Can Transform Your Relationships

Self-Help book on boosting communication skills at home, at work and in social settings. This book introduces the use of brain science and the following of body cues as a unique lens to improve communication between people. It shows how the brain reacts under stress and provides body techniques to easily shift brain states. It starts with two self-assessment tools (on listening and assertiveness) as keys to learn about your own communication style. The rest of the book offers useful Body/Mind aids for better listening (even to difficult people) and for more effective expression. At the end of the book you can grab quick tools to apply in crisis situations including grief, shyness, breakups, anger management, sadness management and handling emergencies.

Vincentia Schroeter, PhD, has practiced psychotherapy for over forty years, specializing in addictions, attachment and Bioenergetic Analysis. She has written extensively on somatic psychotherapy and has been published in professional journals and books. She co-wrote Bend Into Shape: Techniques for Bioenergetic Therapists with co-author Barbara Thomson in 2011. She is on the international faculty of the IIBA, teaching Bioenergetics locally and around the world. Her studies in self-psychology, affect regulation and interpersonal neurobiology have influenced her counseling methods.