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The Rules of Engagement

  • North Oakland, California (map)

Please note: Attending an Emotional Literacy session is strongly encouraged as a prerequisite.

Emotionally focused communication for: navigating through conflict and enhancing connection.

The Rules of Engagement—also known as The Container—is a framework for intimate communication developed over 15 years of study, facilitation, and professional practice.

This approach is designed to build skill and capacity for:

• Perspective-taking and relational problem-solving
• Deeper awareness and acceptance of your own experience and the experience of others
• Emotional literacy, relational empathy, and repair after rupture

Whether in personal or professional contexts, this framework offers a grounded, practice-based approach to navigating conflict, honoring complexity and paradox, and strengthening mutual understanding.

You’ll leave with:

• A communication model effective for both emotional and logistical problem-solving

• Support for authentic expression without blame or shame

• Practices for speaking and listening actively and with discernment

• Tools for de-escalating conflict and repairing after misunderstanding, hurt, or harm

• A deeper capacity to stay present and curious in high-stakes moments

 

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