Relationships
The Self-Development Center provides a media library of personal growth and academic skills programs available to students, faculty, and staff at George Mason University. Media programs may be used in the Self-Develoipment Center during the hours the Center is open. Faculty and staff at GMU may check out programs overnight or over a weekend. Students may check out programs to use for classroom or group presentations. These programs are not for sale or rent to persons outside of the University. If the program is marked with an asterisk (*), ask the receptionist for the handout or written materials that accompany it.
Blended Families: Yours, Mine and Ours (29 min.*)
A practical and comprehensive video designed to address parent/child concerns
about the newly acquired family life-style and problems faced by the blended
family. Practical techniques are presented to handle the unique challenges
faced by the blended family in its new environment. (video)
This book teaches you how to recognize and set healthy boundaries. It is useful for anyone who has walked away from conversations, meetings, or visits with others feeling violated. (book)
Good boundaries play an important role in how healthy our relationships are. Explore ways that poor boundaries affect relationships and learn to develop more healthy ones. (audio)
In this tape, Stephen Glenn discusses ways in which you can have a positive impact on the people closest to you. It provides strategies to encourage development of a sense of significance and purpose in one's life. (audio)
This 5-tape series presents a step-by-step outline of how to identify and deal with your own co-dependency. Special emphasis is placed on family systems roles. (audio)
An interactive instructional program that helps you increase your ability to influence others by better connecting with them. Identifies your patterns of communication and lets you adjust your behavior to meet their expectations. (CD Rom)
See description under Communication.
See description under Anger.
Couple Skills: the Book is different from other relationship books because it focuses on action and change rather than theory. You can pick and choose just the skills that are relevant to your needs. (book)
This3-video series explores how secrets are created, how they influence us, and the risks we take in exploring them. It includes programs on healthy family secrets, dangerous family secrets, the most dangerous family secrets, tools for deciphering family secrets, breaking free from the secrets, and staying connected to the family. (video)
John Bradshaw on Surviving Divorce (video)
Explores the lives of two couples, one gay and one lesbian, and the roles played by gender and society in influencing personal relationships (video)
Learn why we get attached to certain types of people, and how and why we replicate in our adult relationships the relationships we had with our parents when we were children. (audio)
The key to dealing with difficult people is to first understand them. Through instructive ‘role plays’ that help you lay the groundwork for communicating effectively with difficult people, this 2-part program will give you insights into why people behave the way they do. (video)
In this 4-tape series, a former divorce attorney shares his proven system for mending relationships or parting as friends. Especially helpful for couples in the process of divorce or separation. (audio)
Learn how to walk emotionally with those you care about while empowering them to solve their own problems. (audio)
A tape that explores the relationships between human beings and offers suggestions on how to make them more complete and satisfying. (audio)
See description under Communication.
Explore simple but effective ways to meet people and turn strangers into friends by mastering the gentle art of conversation. (audio)
Building healthy relationships may come naturally for some people, but it's a skill that can also be learned. This program will help you assess your current support network and develop a plan for building and maintaining close personal relationships. (video)
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus (59-86 min.*)
This 12- tape series celebrates the differences in the ways that men and
women think and love. This philosophy of relationships will help you and
your partner get what you want from your relationship. (audio)
Discover how to keep your relationships on track by learning how to read unspoken messages, knowing what questions to ask, and how to get past personalities to solve problems. (CD Rom)
Separating emotionally from parents can sometimes be difficult. This tape can help you take a realistic look at your parents. It examines patterns of denial, steps in letting go of parents, parents who injure their children's self-esteem, and allowing feelings to unfold. (audio)
Covers issues such as separation and divorce, custody arrangements, remarriage, and loss of a parent. (video)
Men in our culture are taught from birth to shut out their feelings. Understanding how this behavior affects men -- and the women who love them -- is the focus.
See description under ACOA.
This step-by-step recovery program for women who are addicted to the wrong men for the wrong reasons, offers understanding, help, and hope for making love the happy event it is supposed to be. (audio)
This tape illustrates the misunderstandings that can result when men and women talk to one another. You'll recognize yourself and your own efforts to be understood and gain valuable insight50% to help you communicate better than ever before. (audio)
