The Responsive Relationship Handbook

*NOTE: The Digital Version of the Responsive Relationship Handbook is included with

the Responsive Relationship Video Series and the Welch Responsive Temperament Assessment

The Responsive Relationship Handbook is a valuable resource for individuals, couples, groups, spiritual counselors, and mental health practitioners. It contains 71 essential psychological concepts and tools, described in user-friendly narrative and graphical depictions, designed to help the user deepen their self-awareness and learn practical methods for improving their relationships.

When used in conjunction with the Welch Responsive Temperament Assessment, the Responsive Relationship Video Series, and The Responsive Marriage book, the power of the handbook’s potential to revolutionize a person’s relationship skills is unleashed. The concepts covered in the handbook are listed below:

  1. WRTA Framework

  2. WRTA Objectives

  3. Emotional Intelligence

  4. Core Feelings and Words

  5. Communication Approaches

  6. Welch LOVED Listening Cycle

  7. Giving Your Companion "AIR”

  8. Family of Origin

  9. Attachment Tendencies

  10. Progressive Growth Phases

  11. Gender Differences

  12. Welch Responsive Temperament Assessment Overview

  13. Taking the Welch Responsive Temperament Assessment

  14. DISC Temperaments

  15. Emotional Tendencies

  16. DISC (D) Lion Temperament

  17. DISC (I) Otter Temperament

  18. DISC (S) Dog Temperament

  19. DISC (C) Owl Temperament

  20. Dimensions of Expression

  21. Dimension 1: Outgoing vs. Reserved

  22. Dimension 2: Self-Controlled vs. Anxious

  23. Dimension 3: Upbeat vs. Sullen-Unhappy

  24. Dimension 4: Assertive vs. Vulnerable

  25. Dimension 5: Engaging vs. Withdrawn

  26. Dimension 6: Agreeable vs. Aggressive

  27. Dimension 7: Confident-Controlled vs. Tense-Frantic

  28. Dimension 8: Caring-Concerned vs. Ambivalent

  29. Dimension 9: Resolved vs. Overwhelmed

  30. Relationship Systems

  31. Strengths Enhance Response

  32. Needs and Trust

  33. Prioritizing Life to Increase Response

  34. Giving Attention to What is Important

  35. Welch Relationship Model: Goals

  36. Welch Relationship Model: Foundations

  37. Welch Relationship Model: Obtaining A Full Life

  38. Welch Responsive Cycle

  39. Welch Responsive Cycle: Positive Application Approach

  40. Welch Responsive Cycle: Negative Application Approach

  41. Overcoming Reactivity

  42. Practice Example: Welch Responsive Cycle

  43. Fostering Friendship With My Companion

  44. Awareness vs. Unawareness

  45. Hidden Reactive Emotions

  46. Defense Mechanisms

  47. Understanding Shame

  48. Maintaining Your Sense of Identity

  49. Common Courtesies Increase Individuality and Responsiveness

  50. Relationship Dysfunction

  51. Additional Responsive Steps

  52. Past Unresolved Reactivity

  53. Attachment and Reactive Behavior Modification

  54. Anxiety and Reactivity

  55. The Limbic System

  56. The Cerebral Cortex

  57. Anxiety Management Techniques

  58. Three Steps to Becoming Responsive vs. Reactive

  59. Reestablish Self While Becoming Responsive vs. Reactive

  60. Communicating the Same Language

  61. Intimate Spacing Communication for Healthy Connections

  62. WRTA Dimension 1 Worksheets

  63. WRTA Dimension 2 Worksheets

  64. WRTA Dimension 3 Worksheets

  65. WRTA Dimension 4 Worksheets

  66. WRTA Dimension 5 Worksheets

  67. WRTA Dimension 6 Worksheets

  68. WRTA Dimension 7 Worksheets

  69. WRTA Dimension 8 Worksheets

  70. WRTA Dimension 9 Worksheets

  71. Road Map to a Responsive Relationship