In their book entitled, Couple Skills: Making Your Relationship Work, the authors McKay, Fanning, and Paleg (2006, pp. 57-61) list the "Ten Commandments of Clean Communication.". List the four parts of the commandment "Use whole messages."
What will be an ideal response?
The four parts are (1) observations (i.e., neutral statements of fact like "it rained yesterday"), (2) thoughts (i.e., "I" statements about one's personal understandings such as "My idea is...". or "I was wondering about...". or "The way it seemed to me was...". and so forth), (3) feelings (i.e., "I" statements that identify one's emotions such as for example, "I feel frustrated" or "I am excited"), and (4) needs, desires, and wants (i.e., "I" statements such as "I want to feel closer to you" or "I need some relief from all this stress," etc.).
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