ness Worksheet 10: Ending Relationships to weigh the factors and plan for use of 
these skills. If trying to leave an abusive or dangerous relationship, call a domestic 
violence hotline number first (either a local number or the national number listed on the worksheet). Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 1: Pros and Cons of Using 
Interpersonal Skills may also be useful with this handout.
••Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 13a: Identifying How to End Relation -
ships.  This is a brief multiple-  choice quiz on how to end relationships.
Walking the Middle Path
••Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 14: Overview: Walking the Middle Path. 
This handout briefly overviews the skills in this section: dialectics, validation, and 
behavior change strategies. These skills help you to effectively manage yourself and 
your relationships.
••Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 15: Dialectics. A dialectical stance is 
essential for walking a middle path and for decreasing a sense of isolation, conflict, 
and polarities. This handout outlines the basics of a dialectical perspective.
••Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 16: How to Think and Act Dialectically. 
This is an extension of Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 15 and gives examples 
of how to think and act dialectically. There are three worksheets with different for -
mats for recording dialectics practice, described next.