"People Skills" is a communication-skills handbook that can help you
eliminate these and other communication problems. Author Robert Bolton
describes the twelve most common communication barriers, showing how
these "roadblocks" damage relationships by increasing defensiveness,
aggressiveness, and dependency. He explains how to acquire the ability
to listen, assert yourself, resolve conflicts, and work out problems
with others. These are skills that will help you communicate calmly,
even in stressful, emotionally charged situations.