Description
Navigating Discord equips helping professionals with practical skills to recognize and effectively manage tension and disagreements in client relationships. Participants will learn to identify common causes of discord, understand its impact, and apply Motivational Interviewing principles to reduce conflict and strengthen rapport. Interactive exercises teach how to shift from directive or confrontational responses to reflective, supportive approaches that foster collaboration and improve outcomes.
Ideal for social workers, counselors, case managers, educators, and other professionals who support clients.
Questions? Contact the Project Harmony Training Institute at training@projectharmony.com.
Please email to request accommodations for participants hard of hearing.
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
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Identify key Motivational Interviewing tenets and relational principles related to discord in helping relationships.
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Recognize common contributors to discord, including the Four Horsemen (Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling) and common professional traps such as the Assessment/Q&A Trap, Expert Trap, Labeling, Premature Focus, Blaming, and Chat Trap.
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Distinguish between behaviors that increase discord (e.g., arguing, interrupting, negating, ignoring) and those that decrease it (e.g., reflective listening and supportive responses).
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Implement practical discord management skills to de-escalate tension, respond effectively to client resistance, and restore collaboration in real-time interactions.
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Apply self-awareness strategies to monitor and manage their own contributions to discord while fostering stronger, more resilient client relationships.
This course combines conceptual understanding with hands-on skill development, empowering participants to transform potential conflict into opportunities for deeper engagement and better outcomes.
Certificate
By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate Completion Certificate
Learning credits
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