Empty Chair Technique Analysis

Reviewing the nonverbal and verbal cues identified in the last question, what are the roles that these play in the conflict? Do these cues lead to a more positive outcome or negative? How can nonverbal and verbal cues be used to lead to a more productive conflict resolution?

I believe that personally we should not have assigned seats due to the debate my team had that at the beginning of class kids are out of their seats talking to their friends but, that will happen no other, if teachers just have are own seating chart. When students walk into class, they don’t want to automatically get up and go to the same seat they sat in the day before.

The pillow method, if used appropriately in a major conflict can result in the parties involved having a good understanding of the situation and resolve the differences and even avoid future conflicts of the same nature.

When a partner uses stonewalling as a form of conflict resolution, they remove themselves emotionally or physically from the situation. The listener withdraws from the conflict. According to Gottman, “spouses often believe that stonewalling is a way of trying to keep things calm and not make them worse.”(pg.226) When it comes down to it, stonewalling, is an act of giving up on trying to resolve the issue. Gottman states that, “husbands are more likely to use this technique, and it is particularly difficult on their wives.”

When you actually sit and try to understand people you find that you become closer. I also found that there was a sheer appreciation for actually listening to the person. When a person has someone else to sit and listen to them talk about their situation or problems it helps them to relieve stress.

In the article of “Why Most Marriages fail” the author states, Without proper communication, conflict resolution becomes a difficult issue. ”(McNicholl) When you don’t communicate with your significant other and there is tension or any type of conflict if you hold it back and don’t talk about it later on it will be more difficult to come to a solution on how to prevent it from happening again. In fact, the author also states, “If one or both partners lack effective communication skills it becomes difficult to Resolve arguments because the couple is not able to understand each other’s point of view”.(McNicholl) By not talking about the things that bother you to your significant other it’s hard for each you to see where your coming from. If your partner understands what exactly it is that bothering you then they know how to prevent themselves or fix it if it were to happen once again.

The Idle No More Movement, a social shift by the Indigenous population in which they try to gain freedom from being oppressed in Canada. I believe that there is a direct relation to Schmitt’s philosophy of “The Political Antithesis” and the posing “threat to our way of life”. Throughout the article, there are visible signs of oppression within Canada regarding the Aboriginals.

This is implemented by the therapist engaging the client in a conversation about the things that the client has tried to make better and the strategies the client has used. Then the client and therapist examine whether or not the current tactics have been successful. This will lead the client to realize that, from his previous experiences, what he has been doing does not work and is likely to not work in the future. Furthermore, the client is likely to not know what to do next and may anticipate new possibilities. Therefore, the he is in the creative hopelessness phase. During this time, there is room for new strategies to be developed without previous thoughts interfering. This will ultimately allow the client to begin trusting his own experiences and engaging in new behaviors instead of believing his thoughts and blaming himself for not being able to ease the situation (Hayes et al.,

Idle No More is a grassroots movement. Idle No More was sparked by a group of from Saskatoon who started talking online about the passing of Bill C-45 (Talaga, 2012). The Idle No More movement officially started by a group of native and non-native women on November 10, 2012 (Talaga, 2012). Idle No More “is a responsibility – a responsibility to live up to the sacrifices of our ancestors, to the duty we have as guardians of the earth, and to the expectations that our children and grandchildren have of use to protect them” (Palmater, 2015 p. 79). The heart of the frustration of Idle No More for Indigenous people are issues that are decades old (Talaga, 2012). Idle No More is a movement against the unilateral actions by the Harper

From the primary and secondary sources I examined, I learned that the Idle No More movement is a series of peaceful movements across Canada, which first took place to mark International Human Rights Day on December 10, 2012. The movement consisted of peaceful protests and demonstrations such as hunger strikes, social media campaign, flash mobs dancing in public spaces, brief blockades of railway lines, and border crossings. The initial cause for the movement was to protest against the omnibus bill C-45, which weakened environmental protection laws regarding Canada’s navigable waterways. However, the movement slowly developed into two main goals: the establishment of a nation to nation relationship between First Nations and the government of

should adopt an open posture. No crossed arms or legs as this can be construed as

Endearment, something that endears: an action or utterance showing affection and to makes dear, esteemed, or beloved. These terms all have a positive connotation and are seen in an affectionate view when used in any setting. In comparison, the "n" word is defined as a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of any racial or ethnic origin regarded as contemptible, inferior, ignorant, etc. and a victim of prejudice similar to that suffered by blacks; a person who is economical, politically, or socially disenfranchised. These two words are in no way viewed, in the literary sense, on the same end of the spectrum yet in this particular article those involved see them as interchangeable. The feelings and emotions that accompany this term are

in other environments, talking out feelings with family or friends help to alleviate feelings, and crying has also been seen to help let out anger in a therapeutic way.

Although sometimes useful to break from the conflict to cool off, it tends to be destructive. As a forceful way to avoid conflict, it is active

A person uses certain tactics in order to carry out their overall approach to conflict (Seung, 2014, March 21). I personally use direct denial, topic shifts, and noncommittal questions most frequently in order to avoid conflict with others. Using direct denial explicitly rejects that there is an issue at hand. For example, my roommate plays loud music in her room when she studies and she asked if it bothered me. I lied and said, “No, it isn’t a problem, I can barely hear it in my room, anyway” although it is loud enough to distract me while I’m studying. Using this tactic allowed my roommate to suffer no loss at all while I am still dealing with the issue. Although the use of this tactic avoided a disagreement in our relationship, it did not solve the conflict in the long run because I still have deal with the issue.