Any counselor will tell you that one of the most common problems observed when people come for help is poor communication skills in their relationships. This isn’t their fault…communication is a skill many of us never formally learned.

Although we focus solely on individual counseling, very often people come to us because their relationships may be a source of stress.How would it be to get along even better with others in your personal relationships and in the workplace? Getting along well with people sounds kind of general, so let’s break it down into some manageable and specific skills. By building the following skills, you may get along better with others:

Ineffective communication skills are something we see quite often in counseling.

Not only does ineffective communication harm relationships, it can erode self-esteem. Such communication patterns may actually be destructive, but, sadly, many people fall into the trap of using them. If you and your relationship partners follow these rules and steer clear of the traps of destructive communication, you will almost certainly feel better about not only each other and your relationship but yourself as well.

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You will have the greatest success if you read the first blog post: Counseling Insights: What Makes You Procrastinate? and take some time to observe your own procrastination patterns. Once you have accomplished that:

Choose a few of the strategies we use in counseling for depression (or even anxiety counseling) outlined here. Keep working at it until you understand what you need to do to stop putting things off.