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by John L. Manni, Ed.D.

When Your Spouse Is Out of Work, What's a Good Way to Talk About It?

By John L. Manni, Ed.D. on April 25, 2012 in Jobless, Not Joyless

Many years ago while my wife was pregnant with our first child, I took a workshop based on Parent Effectiveness Training by Dr. Thomas Gordon. The book emphasizes active listening, a communication technique, which requires the listener to feed back to the speaker what she/he hears by re-stating or paraphrasing. Read More

Actually, ask...what can I do?

Submitted by Anonymous on April 25, 2012 - 7:23pm.

Actually, the thing to do is to ask, "What can I do to help?"

You may actually get a surprising answer. Maybe your husband or wife needs you to sit at the computer for a few days, sending off resumes that never get responded to, so that you can actually feel what he or she is feeling.

However, don't ask unless you're ready to say yes to pretty much anything you hear.

Thanks,your suggestion is

Submitted by John L. Manni, Ed.D. on April 26, 2012 - 2:38pm.

Thanks,your suggestion is great!

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John L. Manni, Ed.D.

John L. Manni, Ed.D., is a licensed psychologist practicing in Spring House, Pennsylvania.

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