Dr. Ana YudinPsychology courses

The Connection Course

Learn the skills for healthier relationships.

From starting a conversation to navigating conflict and knowing when to leave: learn practical ways to communicate, understand your needs, and build connection.

With Dr. Ana Yudin · Doctor of Clinical Psychology

Start The Connection Course — $179Explore what you’ll learn

Price: $179

  • 4+ hours of lectures
  • 15 lessons

Relationship skills. Real-life practice.

You may recognize yourself here

Some relationship questions are hard to work out alone.

You might be looking for deeper connection, a different way through conflict, or words for what you need. Start with the questions that matter to you.

  1. You want to move beyond small talk.

    Explore when and how to initiate a deeper connection, whether you’re building a friendship or a romantic relationship.

  2. You want another way through conflict.

    Learn about your conflict style and ways to discuss difficult things while advocating for your needs.

  3. You want to recognize patterns sooner.

    Learn to distinguish healthy, unhealthy, and abusive relationships so you can better understand the connections in your life.

  4. You want conversations that bring you closer.

    Practice communication skills for helping others feel heard and knowing how to respond.

  5. You’re considering how to end a relationship.

    Explore how to leave a relationship that isn’t working in a healthier way.

  6. You want to express what you feel.

    Learn emotion regulation skills and ways to communicate your feelings within relationships.

What you’ll learn

Skills for the relationships
that matter to you.

Connection & communication

  • Gain a better understanding of your needs in a relationship
  • Differentiate between healthy, unhealthy & abusive relationships
  • Understand the three ingredients of love and how to cultivate them
  • Learn when and how to initiate deeper connection
  • Develop healthy communication skills

Emotions & boundaries

  • Make steps toward achieving a more secure attachment
  • Learn about healthy boundaries
  • Understand why and how to keep your relationship positive
  • Apply valuable emotion regulation skills

Conflict & endings

  • Learn the four relationship killers and their antidotes
  • Better understand your conflict style and ways to improve it
  • Skillfully navigate conflict
  • Learn how to healthily end a relationship that’s not working
Dr. Ana Yudin

Meet Dr. Ana

Learn with someone who studies relationships.

I'm Dr. Ana Yudin, a Doctor of Clinical Psychology, author, and online psychoeducator. My main clinical and research interests are relationship issues of all kinds: romantic partnerships, friendships, family dynamics, and more. The skills discussed in The Connection Course are inspired by research and interventions of renowned psychologists like John Gottman, Marsha Linehan & Robert Sternberg. I hope to make evidence-based information accessible to the general public.

More about Dr. Ana

The course pairs relationship concepts with exercises and reflection, so there is space to consider how they apply to your own life.

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A look inside a Connection Course lesson.

The course experience

Watch. Reflect.
Put it into practice.

15 lessons across 5 modules4+ hours of lectures

Journaling prompts, exercises, and homework assignments

Self-assessment and quizzesFrom the introduction to the post-course quiz.

Start The Connection Course — $179

From understanding your needs to navigating what comes next.

15 lessons · 5 modules

Begin with self-assessment, build foundational relationship skills, then explore conflict and endings. The final module brings the lessons together.

Explore the lessons in each module

01 IntroductionAn introduction to the course and a pre-course self-assessment. (16 min plus self-paced assignments)
  • Welcome! — 00:10
  • Lesson 1: Introduction — 07:45
  • Lesson 2: Self-Assessment — 08:04
  • Self-Reflection — 4 questions
02 Foundational skills of healthy relationshipsThe key tenets and skills required to initiate and maintain healthy relationships. (2.5 hours plus self-paced assignments)
  • Lesson 3: The key tenets of a healthy relationship — 11:43
  • Lesson 4: The three ingredients of love — 15:37
  • Bonus Activity — 1 question
  • Lesson 5: When and how to initiate relationships — 30:41
  • Bonus Lesson: Real-life examples of how I met my loved ones — 06:27
  • Lesson 6: Healthy communication skills — 26:36
  • Bonus Activity — 1 question
  • Lesson 7: Emotion regulation skills — 16:30
  • Bonus Activity — 1 question
  • Lesson 8: Keeping your relationship positive — 21:59
  • Lesson 9: Attachment style & boundaries — 23:38
  • Bonus Activity — 1 question
  • Section 2 Quiz — 14 questions
03 Conflict managementNavigating conflict in a skillful way that strengthens your relationship. (43 min plus self-paced assignments)
  • Lesson 10: Combatting the four horsemen of the apocalypse — 12:43
  • Bonus Activity — 5 questions
  • Lesson 11: The four conflict styles — 09:58
  • Bonus Activity — 1 question
  • Lesson 12: Healthy conflict skills — 20:21
  • Bonus Activity — 1 question
  • Section 3 Quiz — 5 questions
04 Ending unhealthy relationshipsIdentifying unhealthy relationships and learning the skills to end them. (45.5 min plus self-paced assignments)
  • Lesson 13: Signs of an unhealthy or abusive relationship — 22:29
  • Bonus Activity — 1 question
  • Lesson 14: How to healthily end a relationship — 15:46
  • Bonus Activity — 1 question
  • Bonus Lesson: Unhealthy & healthy ways I've ended relationships — 07:11
  • Bonus Activity — 1 question
  • Section 4 Quiz — 3 questions
05 ConclusionA summary of all the prior lessons. (8.75 min plus post-course quiz)
  • Lesson 15: Summary — 08:42
  • Post-course quiz — 23 questions
  • Course feedback — 16 questions

What students took away

Students shared these experiences after taking the course. Your experience may be different.

This course gave me valuable skills to healthily engage in relationships

4.67 / 5student rating

I feel better equipped to handle conflict

4.62 / 5student rating

The coursework given was fun to do and enhanced my learning experience

4.10 / 5student rating

“I am working on facing conflict and expressing my feelings instead of avoiding and dismissing them, so it was very helpful. I feel more confident and have been able to bring up my concerns more often now.”

In a student’s own words

“It was a well-rounded course with all the essentials I was looking for. I learned a lot about relationships and how to form my own.”

“I think the concepts are explained very clearly and I feel very well equipped to better handle relationships moving forward.”

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“Based on good research/fundamentals. Clearly organised and enjoyable to watch. Provided good overview.”

“I think the course had a good structure and layout. I have been subscribed to your Youtube channel for a few years now, where I have learned many of the topics that were outlined in your course from your Youtube videos. The course goes more in depth into the topics of relationships and conflict management.”

“Very good compilation of facts presented in really good digestible sequence, complete with helpful diagrams and real-world examples throughout, very optimized for learning.”

“I like that the course is very in depth. Everything is explained in a detailed way but without it being too much.”

A few things you might be wondering

Is the course specific to romantic relationships?

Nope! This course contains skills and examples that can be applied to all types of relationships. A few of the lessons are based on research that was done on couples, but the skills referenced in those lessons are helpful for all kinds of relationships. There is only one lesson out of the 15 that is specific to romantic love.

What does taking the course involve?

15 lessons across five modules, with 4+ hours of lectures, journaling prompts, exercises, homework, self-assessment and quizzes.

Bring practical skills to the relationships that matter.

Explore connection, communication, boundaries, conflict, and endings—with lessons and reflection to help you apply what you learn.

Start The Connection Course — $179

Price: $179