Healthy Relationships

We all want to have healthy relationships, be they with our families, roommates, professors, or friends. Having a healthy relationship becomes especially important when the person is close to us; someone we are considering dating, or our significant other. So what makes a relationship healthy? Here are some points to consider:

• Both people show respect for each other and self.
• Both people share open and honest communication.
• Privacy is respected.
• Decisions are shared and discussed truthfully.
• There is no use of threats or coercion to get the other person to agree with you.
• Independence and personal responsibility are encouraged.
• Each person has common and separate interests and friends.
• Both people are encouraged to maintain health relationships with friends and family.
• Individual belief and value systems are respected and encouraged.

For more information about Healthy and Unhealthy relationships visit our Handouts section.