For the past 30 years David Johnson has served as an organizational consultant to schools and businesses in such areas as management training, team building, ethnic relations, conflict resolution, interpersonal and group skills training, drug abuse prevention, and the evaluating of attitudinal/affective outcomes of educational and training programs. In addition to being a practicing psychotherapist, he is recognized authority on experiential learning and currently provides training for clients throughout the world.
Providing the theory and experiences necessary to develop effective interpersonal skills, this volume reviews current psychological knowledge of how to build and maintain relationships. The theory and exercises are integrated into an experiential approach to learning. Readers learn how to gain the interpersonal skills and knowledge required to: get to know and trust each other; communicate with each other accurately and unambiguously; resolve conflicts and relationship problems constructively; and encourage and appreciate diversity.