Manipulations

These courses are for people who want to develop the capability to recognize manipulations, protect themselves from them and to learn to cooperate with the “manipulators”. Balanced for those who experience manipulations at work with clients and/or colleagues but is also suitable for dealing with manipulations in personal life.

 

Expected change after completing the training:

Participants after having completed the training will be able to better distinguish between manipulations and simple request. They will learn how to react when they are being manipulated. They will enliven the team’s communication and mutual understanding. And finally, they will learn to understand and manage their arising emotions in a conflict situation.

 

Duration:

4 academic hours or 8 academic hours (every part of the training integrates theoretical knowledge into practice) 

 

Training structure (8 academic hours):

  1. Introduction to manipulation: what is it? Types of manipulations, how and why people manipulate. Can we live without the manipulations (1 academic hour)?
  2. How are we being manipulated? (2 academic hours)?
  3. How do we manipulate (1 academic hour)?
  4. Basic manipulation recognition tools (1 academic hour).
  5. Examples of manipulations and possible responses, discussion (2 academic hours).
  6. Non-violent communication (1 academic hour).

Practical tasks: at least 50% of the training time.

 

Training structure (4 academic hours):

  1. Introduction to manipulation: what is it? Types of manipulations, how and why people manipulate. Can we live without the manipulations (1 academic hour)?
  2. How are we being manipulated? (1 academic hour)?
  3. Basic manipulation recognition tools (1 academic hour).
  4. Examples of manipulations and possible responses, discussion (1 academic hour).

 

Price:

175 euros for 1 academic hour (Public enterprise “Youth line” is not VAT payer)

 

Participants and the lecturer:

Participants: optimal size of the group – up to 12 people.

There is an option for a 1.5-hour duration lecture, price – contractual.

The courses are held by the lecturer from the “Youth line”.