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3 Practical Ways to Turn Difficult Conversations into Healthy Connection

How many times have you avoided a subject that feels awkward, glossed over a point... >>

How to Feel More Secure in Your Relationships, No Matter What Your Attachment Background

“I can’t take it!” My friend Sophie is on the verge of breaking up with... >>

Expectation vs. Reality: Finding Joy in Your Actual Valentine’s Day

In February, we are compelled to turn our attention to love. Romantic cards and flowers... >>

Writing as Sanctuary: Carrying Grief Word by Word

Grief hits hard. It can be sudden — being fired, losing your house to fire,... >>

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What Is Good Self-Care, and Why You Deserve It

All my life I’ve been living in the fast lane Can’t slow down, I’m a... >>

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Is your child “drinking from a firehose” by Debra Kessler, Psy.D.

Is your child “drinking from a firehose”? Too much? Too fast? Too hard? So, like... >>

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Personality & Wholeness with Dr. Dan Siegel

LIVE Webinar on April 7, 2026. Join Dr. Dan Siegel for this fascinating discussion on his integrative, neuroscience-informed model for understanding attachment and personality patterns across the lifespan. It's FREE with option to purchase 1.5 CEs. [button size="medium" style="primary" text="Register on CE-Go" link="https://psych-alive.ce-go.com/personality-and-wholeness"]

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Myths of Attachment Styles: What Real Science Tells Us

Home Study. In this on-demand Webinar, hosts Ann Kelley, PhD and Sue Marriott, LCSW, CGP challenge oversimplified attachment frameworks popularized on social media and explore the dynamic, context-dependent nature of attachment patterns.​​​​​​​ It's $10 and includes 1.5 home study CEs. [button size="medium" style="primary" text="Register on CE-Go" link="https://psych-alive.ce-go.com/courses/the-myth-of-attachment-styles-what-real-science-tells-us"]

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How to Feel More Secure in Your Relationships, No Matter What Your Attachment Background

“I can’t take it!” My friend Sophie is on the verge of breaking up with... >>

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Building Trust: Using Mindfulness to Overcome Relationship Anxiety

I accidentally found Mindfulness before I ever heard the word. I was having a minor... >>

Why Are You Avoiding Intimacy?

There’s often a lot of mystery surrounding a budding relationship. When we first start dating... >>

Why Can’t You Move on From Your Relationship?

Relationships often end after a pile-up of issues become too messy to unravel. We can’t... >>

Fantasy Bond 101

This month, I’ve been working on creating a whiteboard explaining the fantasy bond and I’ve... >>

Challenging the Fantasy Bond

In this blog, I am excited to share the introduction and conclusion from my new... >>

Home (not again) for the Holidays

Many people are fresh off gathering with family this holiday season. Getting together with our... >>

The Destructive Ways We Self-Parent as Adults

The relationship we have with our parents or primary caretakers is almost never black or... >>

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The Fantasy Bond

The question of why love fades can be explained by the concept of the fantasy... >>

Can Love be Learned?

Anyone who has indulged in romantic comedies like When Harry Met Sally, As Good as... >>

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Dr. Robert Firestone on The Fantasy Bond

Dr. Robert Firestone, author of Fear of Intimacy and The Fantasy Bond explains the concept... >>

VIDEO: The Nature of Anger

Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D. is  a founder of Cognitive Behavioral Modification and has been voted one... >>

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Challenging the Fantasy Bond: A Search for Personal Identity and Freedom

by Robert W. Firestone, Ph.D. Why are many of us compelled to repeat the pain of our past, while avoiding positive experiences that could enrich our lives? This is the much-anticipated follow-up to the critically-acclaimed and bestselling The Fantasy Bond. [button size="medium" style="primary" text="Purchase on Amazon" link="https://www.amazon.com/Challenging-Fantasy-Bond-Personal-Identity/dp/1433835819" target=""]

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Suicide Prevention: Tools to Save a Life

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Dr. Lisa Firestone will draw from the most up-to-date research on suicide prevention and share current best practices to help save a life.

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Challenging the Fantasy Bond

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Therapists and individuals understand how and why this primitive defense develops and how it goes on to affect clients in everything from destructive relationship patterns to self-sabotaging behaviors.

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Depression Webinars

The Art of Wellness: Strategies to Maintain Your Mental Health

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Dr. Lisa Firestone and Kevin Hines will discuss tools and strategies individuals can utilize to maintain their mental health.

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Love + Connection: A Course on Creating Thriving Relationships

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This eye-opening online course draws on scientific discoveries, innovative theory, and inspiring insights to shine light on how we can create relationships that thrive.

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