How We Talk to Each Other - The Messages We Send With Our Words and Body Language (PDF)

This compact textbook introduces you to the psychological basics of human communication of everyday life in an entertaining way. You will encounter groundbreaking concepts, models, and axioms of communication (including well-known names such as Paul Watzlawick and Friedemann Schulz von Thun), different perspectives on communication, and various communication styles and patterns. You will learn what it means to communicate successfully and what makes successful communication difficult or even prevents it. And virtually in passing, you will learn to better understand your own communication and therefore yourself.

• Basic models of human communication
• Communication styles and patterns
• Communication disturbances and barriers
• Self-perception and perception by others

The Target Groups

• Students of psychology and related fields
• Anyone who wants to understand and apply the mechanisms of communication

The Authors

Graduate psychologist Heidrun Schüler-Lubienetzki and graduate engineer Ulf Lubienetzki have been working with people in various professional constellations for more than two decades. In their work as coaches, trainers and consultants, the core of their work is always about topics that concern the communication and interaction of people. Heidrun Schüler-Lubienetzki and Ulf Lubienetzki are happy to pass on their experience and knowledge to their readers as multiple technical and textbook authors.