Stop the Cycle of Misunderstanding:
Deepen Connection & Trust
Stop struggling to be heard.
Learn the simple, powerful 3 A's framework to understand your partner more deeply and respond with empathy instead of defensiveness.
No sign-up. No cost. Instant open access.
Why Is Active Listening is So Valuable?
Hearing isn't the same as listening.
Hearing is a passive, automatic biological function. Listening is an active choice to be fully present and curious.
It takes 3 key steps: acknowledge, ask, affirm.
In this video, we break down why "passive hearing" leaves partners feeling deflated and unseen, and how a shift to active listening builds immediate trust and safety.
The Three A’s of Active Listening Handbook
Download your free companion guide now. The whole course can be completed in under an hour.
The handbook includes:
- Active Listening Prompts: To help you practice as you watch
- Video Practice Checklists: To track your progress through each lesson
- Practice & Reflection Prompts: Exercises for both the speaker and the listener to deepen your understanding.
How to Get the Most Out of This Course
This is your roadmap to success.
New skills can feel super awkward at first.
This 2-minute guide shows you how to use the handbook and how to get the most out of this course.
Minimal stress, maximal benefits.
The First Move: Acknowledge
How to signal, "I'm here and listening" to your partner.
Acknowledging is about showing you have received the message, even if you don't agree with the facts.
Learn the verbal and non-verbal cues, like nodding and eye contact, that reassure your partner their message has landed.
The Curiosity Shift: Ask
How to replace assumptions and expectations with curiosity and clarity.
Prevent misunderstandings by asking clarifying, open-ended questions.
Instead of offering advice, learn to use questions like "Can you tell me more?" to show genuine care and invite deeper exploration of your partner's experience.
The Deep Connection: Affirm
Practice validating your partner's emotions and experiences.
Affirmation builds emotional intimacy by recognising that your partner's feelings make sense (even if you don't agree with them!).
Discover how to stay with their emotion instead of jumping to fix, analyse, or minimise the experience.
The Path Forward:
Your Next Steps in Connection
Mastery comes through repetition and lots and lots of practice.
This final session helps you transition from structured practice to developing your own authentic way of listening.
If you are ready to take these skills deeper with professional guidance, I’ll show you how to move forward.
What Clients Are Saying
"Amazing course, Tiga-Rose! We learned so much and enjoyed it wholeheartedly. We already want to do it again - highly recommended!"
- F.M.
"Really helpful course, lots of information to go forward with. The course provides important insights into relationship communication dynamics and how to understand our individual erotic profiles. "
- N.T.
"Tiga-Rose is an incredible therapist. I feel I have learned so much about myself as well as how I can better communicate in my marriage. Just wow!"
- S.B.
"Tiga-Rose is sensational! She is such a talented, knowledgeable presenter and this course was invaluable. Highly recommend it and looking forward to her making more courses in the future."
- T.J-T.
Why No Charge, No Signup?
Making Professional Support (A Little More) Accessible
Professional relationship therapy is often an expensive privilege, but I believe high-quality tools for connection should be a available for everyone to access.
Hence no email sign-up and no paywall.
You can simply watch, learn, and start using this course to move from passive hearing to intentional, empathetic connection immediately.
Hello! I'm Tiga-Rose Nercessian (she/her)
I’m an accredited Sex and Relationship Psychotherapist. I’m also a specialist trainer and academic researcher. I have been working in this field since 2015.
Personally, I am a queer, multi-neurodivergent, multi-ethnic synaesthete. These aspects of who I am form and inform me and my practice.
My work is trauma-informed and neurodivergent-affirming, ensuring you feel heard, held, and safe as you explore together.
My aim is to support and empower you to have happier, healthier, and more fulfilling relationships with yourself and others – whatever that looks like for you.
All Of Who You Are Is Welcome
Having worked with hundreds of people in intimate relationships, I have identified active listening as a core skill that serves as the essential starting point for successful relationship therapy.
This course provides the professional tools I recommend for every couple to complete before beginning therapy.
These materials are fully inclusive and designed for all intimate partnerships.
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