Nick Dux on Transformative Communication Approach

With a degree in Human Communication, Nick Dux has over 20 years’ experience in education based mental health. As a consultant, Nick has created and developed his ‘Transformative Communication’ approach to support schools and settings.

Nick works with schools to embed Transformative Communication and supports professionals to break these negative cycles and empower children to see themselves as the unique, talented and resilient people they are.

He believes that if we transform the inner voice of a child, we will transform their resilience, and subsequently, their behaviour and outcomes will change for the better.

Nick has seen first-hand how his own inner voice has scuppered his experiences, stifled potential and hampered health. Thankfully, Nick has adopted the daily disciplines of self-development to transform his own inner voice and draws on these experiences to further inform his professional practice.

His book – ‘It’s All Narrative’ – is so titled because it is the narrative (or story) we tell ourselves about ourselves and the world around us, that governs our levels of resilience and, ultimately, our outcomes.

In this session, Nick introduces his Transformative Communication approach, exploring how a child’s inner voice, the story they tell themselves about who they are, is shaped by early experiences and attachment patterns, and how that inner narrative goes on to shape behaviour, resilience and self-esteem. Nick shares two practical strategies practitioners and parents can use straight away, along with real-world examples of how they play out with children and adults alike.

In this episode you’ll:

• Discover “superpower language”, naming a child’s strengths so they gradually become part of how that child sees themselves
• Learn the “empathy and empowerment” approach for responding to challenging behaviour without losing the boundary
• Understand the difference between survival resilience and positive resilience, and why it matters
• See how a reading breakthrough happened in just three weeks once one family changed their language
• Find out how the same approach de-escalated an angry parent in a supermarket aisle

Watch the session to discover a straightforward, evidence-based approach to building resilience and a stronger inner voice in the children, and adults, around you.

This episode was originally broadcast on 21st of October, 2022.

Links:

Nick’s book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3jcUA3C
Nick’s Website: https://duxresilience.co.uk/

The goal of Transformative Communication is to support professionals to; empower the inner voice of children, increase their Resilience and ultimately guide children to sustainably change behaviours and outcomes for the better. The Transformative Communication programme outlines this innovative approach in a way that supports professionals to best use it in their setting.