April 21st, 2021

Let’s Talk About Boundaries

By: Linda Adams

You hear a lot about “boundaries” these days.  So, what are they exactly? Boundaries are limits or borders that people […]

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November 12th, 2020

Is That Really Your Need?

By: Linda Adams

Identifying needs is often difficult.  Many children as well as adults will talk about solutions when asked for their needs: […]

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October 27th, 2020

What Do You Do When Someone Uses Power Over You?

By: Linda Adams

When coercive power is used on us to change our behavior, we immediately adopt one of these three possible responses: […]

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August 13th, 2020

Using Active Listening When Your Child is Upset

By: Linda Adams

(excerpted from the P.E.T. workbook) In P.E.T., we use a conceptual Behavior Window to view behaviors of others = what […]

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August 6th, 2020

“But I Was Just Trying To Help…”

By: Linda Adams

Throughout our lives, we have learned a variety of ways to help other people when they have strong feelings, thoughts […]

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June 10th, 2020

How to Say No with Respect for Yourself and Others

By: Linda Adams

You may know that one of the essential skills we teach in our programs is the I-Message. And there are […]

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March 4th, 2020

So How Are Your L.E.T. Skills Coming Along?

By: Linda Adams

So hopefully you’ve been working hard to understand and apply many of the L.E.T. concepts, principles and skills. There are […]

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March 4th, 2020

Here’s to Thomas O’Gordon’s Clever Endeavor

By: Linda Adams

In the year of 1962 Dr. Gordon decided to do A course for every parent Even those who were errant […]

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October 28th, 2019

How to Mediate Conflicts at Work

By: Linda Adams

Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you use the Gordon Model skills to help mediate a conflict between two team […]

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October 28th, 2019

A GPS for your Relationship: Problem Ownership and the Behavior Window – a basic tutorial

By: Linda Adams

There are four basic areas of problem ownership in your Behavior Window: Other Owns a Problem No Problem Area I […]

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