Assertive Communication: Build The Independent You (Udemy.com)
Communication Skills and Assertiveness Basics. Boost Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem. Improve your Social Skills.
Created by: Lucia Grosaru
Last updated September 2026
What you will learn
- Identify the main five communication styles in yourself and others.
- Know your assertive rights.
- Identify and manage ten main cognitive distortions.
- Express your emotions in an assertive manner.
- Say "No" to unreasonable requests assertively.
- Use assertiveness techniques in personal and professional communication contexts.
- Provide constructive feedback.
- Deal with criticism assertively.
- Identify and activate assertive nonverbal cues.
How it compares
Against the other 392 rated Udemy courses in Communication Skills on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 42% of them
- Reviews144#337 of 393 by number of reviews
- Length4 hourslonger than 75% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 96% of them
Course Description
Learn the most effective style of communication and become more independent in your thinking, your emotions and your social interactions.
Start building the Independent You right now through Assertive Communication.
Learn how to guide your thinking in a way that boosts your confidence and self-esteem and that allows you to regulate your emotions better
Learn how to build healthier relationships
Communicate your opinions openly
Deal with criticism and conflict efficiently
Say NO and create time for the goals that truly matter to you
Regain the confidence in your inner power to create the future you want.
Assertive Communication is one of the top skills that people want to learn how to master, due to its extensive applications in both personal and professional contexts. Assertiveness is the key toward an authentic and independent life.
Thoughts, emotions and behaviors that rely on the assertive principles allow you to break free from toxic contexts and focus on your own significant goals.
Learn how to activate The Assertive Style of Communication and you will be able to approach personal and professional contexts in a confident, goal-oriented manner.
Content and Overview
This course is suitable for anyone who would like to learn how to activate The Assertive Style of Communication in order to increase their cognitive, emotional and relational independence.
While considering the multi-dimensional aspect of Assertiveness, the course will simultaneously address thinking patterns, the understanding of how these patterns shape our emotions and ultimately, how to project these inner events into observable behaviors, such as verbal and non-verbal communication and the overall management of social relationships.
We will first take a look at what Assertiveness is, the reasons why you should learn this complex skill, its benefits and when to use it.
Then we will zoom in into each of the five communication styles, so that you will be able to identify them in yourself and others.
We will then address the Assertive Rights or Assertive Principles and that will mark the passage to the practical part of the course.
You will learn how to identify and eliminate the main cognitive distortions and how thoughts and emotions are linked in the assertive realm.
Then we will get to the really interesting part, the actual techniques and strategies of the Assertive Style of Communication.
You will learn how to communicate in a more authentic and confident manner, how to efficiently deal with criticism and conflict, how to provide constructive feedback and how to make sure that your verbal message matches the non-verbal one.
And then you’ll be ready to go. The foundation for the Independent you would have been laid and you will have the main skills to start creating the life you want.
This version of the course includes hundreds of illustrative examples to help you understand the main concepts addressed in the lectures.
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
144 Reviews
Lucia Grosaru
Lucia Grosaru is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist with 15+ years of experience in Assertiveness Training. She is the founder and author of the Psychology Corner blog where she mainly writes about Critical Thinking and Communication Skills.
Thousands of people have attended her online courses and live events and one of her main goals is to help people develop their inner potential and achieve their personal and professional goals through methods that promote self-awareness, personal agency, authenticity, and independence.
Prestigious publishing houses, such as Cambridge University Press, and authors have invited her to review their psychology and neuroscience books and she has also collaborated with other professionals in these fields to produce personal development materials.
You can find out more about Lucia Grosaru's professional activities on her blog and through her social media accounts.
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Reviews
By Fózer Petra on 8/7/2022
The experience of learning is being fast and the voice feel too mechanical and not human touch. But the konwledge information provided in the course are useful.
By Vievin Efendy on 11/10/2020
I am taking this course because I think I am a passive person, so I want to learn how to communicate better with other people. And after taking this course, I feel many behavior and my communication skills that I need to improve, especially with my cognitive distortions. This course help me to understand how to start change my behavior and communication skills
By Elias Katsaniotis on 8/12/2018
"Become more independent in your thinking, your emotions and your social interactions. Boost Confidence and Self-esteem." - The course is about ho wto mprove our life using the Assertive Communication.
By Rafael Carneiro Xavier on 9/26/2017
Até o momento acho a teoria muito importante para o meu entendimento, porém penso que poderia ter algumas aulas práticas para fazer com que o entendimento do assunto seja mais completo.
By Sai To on 9/9/2017
Robotic voice but contents are clear, orderly and well structured.
By Sreenivas K.C on 8/12/2017
This course made me to learn about myself !usually am a manipulative person ,and these lectures made me to feel guilt about my self and gave me a goosebump to achieve assertiveness in life ! Thankyou !!
By Stefano Buiaroni on 8/1/2017
I think this is an amazing course. The instructor has done a wonderful job to explain these really important concepts about assertive communication. Highly recommended to everyone. Thank you, Lucia :)
By Veera Venkata Durga Prasad Chimmili on 7/19/2017
This is a clear cut course. You will learn what assertiveness really is and how to practice it in your life. Take this course to start your assertive life.
By John Langston on 6/20/2017
I'm really feeling more assertive and motivated to be less passive and aggressive (and passive-aggressive) since taking the course! I can see how much of society often confuses "aggression" with "assertiveness" - especially in very upsetting situations of conflict, when in fact, assertive skills can offer the better solutions for everyone. If you are too passive or aggressive, or simply lacking assertive skills - this is the course for you! The instructor uses a clean powerful pace that is easy to follow and remember. This information will open your mind and leave you wanting to practice living more free of passivity and aggression with all kinds of people. For more extreme cases of violent abuse, the instructor recommends seeking professional care as do I! Do not feel trapped and hopeless in violence, there is always a way to get your life back.
By Harry Pearle on 6/16/2017
sound level is low for my computer. Great ideas that may help me in my life and work. I wish that some references had been provided, though. I know the book, "Your Perfect Right" and perhaps I will read it, now that I have gone through your course. My own interest is in education and assertiveness is a challenge there. I am thinking especially about using nonverbal communications more in education. My blog is: www.SavingSchools.org Hope to hear from you, back THANKS Harry
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Overall Score : 90 / 100









