Definition

• Needs and wants are taken care of by knowing, accepting, and acting on them in constructive, straightforward, and authentic ways.

Characteristics

• Caring
• Genuine
• Sensitive to the needs and feelings of others
• Selfless
• Expresses needs and feelings in constructive and straightforward ways
• Persistent without being offensive
• Levels and confronts from caring and reasonable position
• Good sense of timing and judgment about when to assert themselves
• Self-confident
• Calm in a crisis

Major Consequences

• Able to know and take care of needs in a constructive way without doing so at the expense of others.

Up Next:

Session 7: Managing Anger