…Inner Voice with your father, Dr. Robert W. Firestone, and Joyce Catlett? Dr. Lisa Firestone: After years of therapy practice, we could see how much our patientsgained from a deeper understanding of their critical inner voice, and we wanted to make it available to the general public. The goal is to help individuals gain an awareness of the critical inner voice that causes us to fall short of our capabilities and prevents us from living the life w…
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…us build a solid foundation for long-lasting and satisfying relationships. Dr. Firestone, co-author of Sex and Love in Intimate Relationships, has worked with couples for more than 30 years and written extensively about romantic relationships. Here, we hear from her about the elements that get in our way of finding love and the best advice for overcoming internal obstacles and finding the love we say we want. What’s getting in your way of finding…
Learn More…e Thoughts (FAST) and the Firestone Assessment of Violent Thoughts (FAVT). Dr. Firestone has published numerous professional articles, and most recently was the co-author of the books: Sex and Love in Intimate Relationships (APA Books, 2006), Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice(New Harbinger, 2002), and Creating a Life of Meaning and Compassion: The Wisdom of Psychotherapy (APA Books, 2003). VIDEO: Watch Dr. Lisa Firestone discuss topics of self, in…
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…Relationships and Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice. Visit her site at www.drlisa*]}*firestone.com. Silence the Inner Voice That’s Stressing You Out Millions of Americans struggle with unhealthy levels of stress. Stress isn’t just destructive to our mental health but to our physical health as well. It weakens our immune systems and contributes to heart disease, high blood pressure, strokes, and other illnesses. The Unselfish Gift of Going on a Ret…
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…PsychAlive profile page for her latest articles. Visit her website at www.drlisa*]}*firestone.com. How Childhood Defenses Hurt Us as Adults When we internalize destructive attitudes during hurtful or traumatic experiences in our past, we strengthen our “anti-self.” As we grow up, our anti-self resides within us and encourages us to take actions that replicate our past but that are damaging to us in the present. How to Bully-Proof Your Children by B…
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…onship. It’s also helpful to consider the following questions set forth by Dr. Lisa Firestone to help evaluate the situation and determine whether the relationship itself is not working. Is my relationship negatively affecting other areas of my life? Do I feel upset and fragmented a lot of the time? Am I too distracted by my relationship to function in healthy ways? Do I rarely feel like myself anymore? Am I anxious or desperate toward my relation…
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…ts Playlists Self-Development Parenting Relationships Dr. Robert Firestone Dr. Lisa Firestone Dr. Carol Gilligan Dr. James Gilligan Dr. James and Dr. Carol Gilligan Dr. James Garbarino Dr. Kirk Schneider Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn Dr. Dan Siegel Dr. Peter A. Levine Dr. Pat Love Dr. Sheldon Solomon Dr. Donald Meichenbaum Dr. Donna Rockwell Dr. Daniel Zamir Dr. Christine Courtois Dr. Allan Schore « prev12… 11 12 13 14 15next » Dr. James Gilligan – On Re…
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…stereotypes. Dr. James Garbarino: Some of this is sort of very traditional gender stereotyping sort of stuff. For example, an awful lot of male self-esteem is built on what you might call almost objective behavior. You may think I’m ugly, stupid, poor. But if I can throw a football 40 yards, that’s it. That’s sort of an objective skill. You can’t unilaterally say that you’re popular. You can’t unilaterally say that you’re pretty. You can’t unilate…
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…Relationships and Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice. Visit her site at www.drlisa*]}*firestone.com. Articles on the Self As Iraq Ends, A New Battle with PTSD Begins With 40,000 men and women returning home from Iraq in the next few months, we must greet them with the tools to combat the emotional wounds of battle. Developing resilience can truly break the internal cycle that leaves so many individuals chronically stuck in a traumatized state. . The ‘A…
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