Productive Communication for Couples

Our structured step-by step online course.

Avoid repetitive arguments that leave you fatigued and no closer to a solution.

How does it work?

Our course consists of 10 modules that walk you through the components of productive communication. The course is self-paced, so you choose how relaxed or intensive your approach is.

You can choose the course-only package, or the course and face-to-face online assistance package (for face-to-face online help sessions in addition to the course).

Each module contains:

Psychoeducation-based video lessons

These videos focus on teaching you how the human brain typically responds during communication and conflict, so you understand the 'why' behind every practical technique we teach.

These lessons were designed by an instructor with years of experience teaching these same techniques to students studying psychology at university. Don't worry, you won't need a degree to understand them (though we also avoid oversimplifying things, to ensure you leave the course with a solid understanding).

Guided Workshops

Every video lesson comes with a guided workshop containing practical exercises where you'll apply and practice new communication techniques and start making real progress together. We provide a framework for you to build a foundation of skills with easier topics before progressing at your own pace to tackling more difficult issues together.

Example videos and fillable templates

Every workshop also comes with example videos so you can see what each technique should look like in action if you get stuck. Every worksheet you need for the workshops is available as a fillable PDF so you don't have to print anything. If you prefer pen and paper, you can also print these.

Face to face consultations

If you would like face-to-face assistance in addition to the course, you can select the consultant package. This package includes online face to face consultations in addition to our course.

What will we learn?

In this course we teach the principles and skills associated with productive communication.

At Logical Conversations, we focus on:

understanding how fundamental processes in the human brain contribute to conflict.
teaching communication strategies that are logically informed by how the human brain actually works.
emotional management (Understanding how emotions affect our brains and preventing them from adversely affecting the communication process).
intelligent empathy (increasing your partner's ability to understand your perspective with techniques for uncovering their motivations, opinions, and emotions).
taking a needs-based and solution-focused approach. (This means we focus on what each partner needs, and finding a solution, rather than who is right or wrong).

It's a date.

Exploring better ways to communicate doesn't have to be a chore. Click here to see how couples are combining their course-time with coffee, whiskey, sunsets, and sleep-ins, to ensure making progress is something you look forward to.

Understand the mental processes which contribute to conflict
Understand how the brain's natural defences make us resistant to cooperative discussion
Have the tools to manage defensiveness and negative emotions in both yourself and your partner
Learn which responses tend to escalate versus de-escalate conflict
Learn techniques to prevent discussions from becoming arguments
Understand why your partner struggles to understand your point of view at times
Be able to increase both partner's willingness to listen and understand one another
Find sustainable long-term resolutions and break the repetitive arguments cycle
Understand how (even mild) emotions affect our ability to communicate accurately
Understand the importance of keeping the brain in conscious processing (rather than automatic processing) mode during important discussions
Have the tools to keep both partners in slow, conscious processing mode to avoid reflexive, emotional reactions