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The Reason Why Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Gets it Right on Suicide Prevention (and ’13 Reasons Why’ is Harmfully Misguided)

…each other of this fact every chance we get. Although PsychAlive is not a psychotherapy or mental health assistance website, we suggest speaking with a trained professional. If you want immediate help and live in the USA call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) to speak with an on-call counselor 24/7. You can also send a text to the text line at 741-741 http://www.crisistextline.org/ If you live outside the US you can email [email protected] or visit www.samar…

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Death Anxiety

…phy courses, organized seminars and workshops, and in individual and group psychotherapy sessions. As people expand their awareness of aloneness and existential issues of life and death, contemplate the essential dilemma and mystery of existence, and face their emotional pain, they generally develop a deeper and more abiding respect for other people’s feelings and well-being, as well as their own. These sentiments are translated into acts of kindn…

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Human Rights Violations in Personal Relationships

…replaced by more positive and constructive ways of being and behaving. In psychotherapy, more specifically Voice Therapy, clients are able to identify their destructive thoughts or negative internal voices toward self and others that influence the acting out of offensive traits and behaviors. They learn to expose and work through their associated emotions, such as sadness and anger, and then put into action corrective suggestions that are opposed…

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Identifying and Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

…nd learn to overcome their compulsions. The two most common treatments are psychotherapy and medication. When a therapeutic approach is taken, a type of therapy known as cognitive behavioral therapy can be very helpful. This technique helps retrain a person to stop engaging in compulsive actions, while helping their brain to stop sending threatening signals. Steps of this therapy can include the person seeking treatment making a list of his or her…

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How You Can Help Someone At Risk for Suicide by Lisa Firestone, Ph.D.

…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, intimacy and parenting at PsychAlive’s Video Center…

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All Hands on Deck: How We Can Help Someone Who’s Suicidal

…warning signs for suicide and the helper tasks that can save a life. Learn more about upcoming Webinars on suicide prevention with Dr. Lisa Firestone Psychotherapy (APA Books, 2003), and The Self Under Siege (Routledge, 2012)….

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4 Mindful Ways to Start Your Week

…els good. It also serves as a reminder that you can always choose how you want to respond to situations, be they good or bad. Try these 4 things each morning as an experiment to see how your life changes. Adapted from Mindfulness & Psychotherapy P.S. I offer a simple yet powerful meditation to Relax and Awaken in the first lesson in A Course in Mindful Living – my 6-month online mentorship program to help you live with greater purpose, courage, ea…

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Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice

…to help the reader put the book’s ideas to immediate use, and they include guidelines for therapists who may want to use the book in their work with patients in psychotherapy.” 2002, Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc ISBN: 1572242876 Buy the eBook!…

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A Short Course in Mindful Living With Elisha Goldstein

…s been growing in our culture and is now integrating deeply into medicine, psychotherapy, education and business. However, while typical programs have shown great outcomes in stress reduction, well-being and even neuroplastic change, most research also shows the practices that have created this change, tend to fall away after the classes end. There are two fundamentals of mind that don’t often get taught in current mindfulness courses, but can hel…

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Webinar Resources: Why Does Violence Occur and How Can We Prevent It?

…ty. He is a former president of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy. He is the author of Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic, Preventing Violence: Prospects for Tomorrow, and Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others. As a faculty member of the Harvard Medical School for many years, he headed the Institute of Law and Psychiatry, and directed mental health services for the Massachusetts prisons and prison men…

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