Overview
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9 Important Communication $kills for Talking about Money
Welcome to the 9 Important Communication $kills for Talking about Money training. This training is designed to enhance your understanding of some of the most important factors influencing couple friendships today. The 9 Skills training is not therapy, but it is based on the premise that couples can learn the skills that will keep their couple friendships moving forward in a positive way. Dr. John Gottman’s (1994; 1997; 1999) ground-breaking research has found that by teaching couples a minimal set of skills they may be able to drive a wedge into the cycle of negativity - the major predator to couple friendships. The overall goal in this workshop is to teach couples a minimal set of skills that can help them, if they choose, to drive a wedge into some of the negative cycles that may be disrupting their overall happiness and well-being.
Because talking about money is a potential trigger that can easily lead to conflicts and arguments, you will not only learn in this workshop about the 9 Important Communication $kills for Talking about Money, but you will also be given opportunities to practice these skills both in this workshop and at home.
Bio
Victor William Harris, PhD
Family and Youth Development
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist
Victor William Harris received his MS and PhD degrees in Family, Consumer, and Human Development from Utah State University. He is currently an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist at the University of Florida in the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences. His research foci include: 1) close relationships – with an emphasis in relationship quality, couple education, parenting education, and balancing work and family; 2) teaching pedagogy with an emphasis in empirically-informed program design, teaching methodologies, curriculum enhancement, group process, and effective online instruction; and, 3) cultural diversity with an emphasis in spirituality and religiosity manifest across world cultures and religions.
Dr. Harris has directed multiple travel study groups to Europe and enjoys studying different cultures and peoples and how these peoples form and maintain close relationships. As a result of his studies, he has traveled to almost all 50 of the United States and to such countries as Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Greece, Japan, Philippines, Korea, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Portugal, England, and the Czech Republic.
Contact Information:
3028B McCarty Hall D
Phone: (352) 273-3523
Email: victorharris@ufl.edu
