Part I Communicating and Interpersonally Communicating Chapter 1 Communication and Meaning Chapter 2 Interpersonal Communicating Chapter 3 Verbal and Nonverbal Dimensions of Talk Part II Inhaling and Exhaling Chapter 4 Constructing Selves Chapter 5 Inhaling: Perception and Analytic Listening Chapter 6 Inhaling: Empathic and Dialogic Listening Chapter 7 Exhaling: Expressing Ideas Chapter 8 Exhaling: Expressing Selves Part III: Inhaling and Exhaling Together Chapter 9 Constructing Relational Systems: Friends, Partners, and Families Chapter 10 Constructing Relational Problems: Deception, Betrayal, Aggression, Codependence, & Breakup Chapter 11 Managing Conflict Effectively.