Search Results for: Polyvagal Theory

VIDEO: Exclusive Interview Series with Dr. Dan Siegel

…part of a featured interview series with Dr. Dan Siegel, an expert in the theory of Mindsight, a fundamental concept that explores the dynamics of healthy relationships. In this interview, Dr. Dan Siegel shares his expertise on interpersonal neurobiology and explains how unresolved trauma in an individual’s past can affect future relationships. Dr. Siegel discusses the different types of attachment styles that exist between parents and their chil…

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The Last Jubilee by Stan Friedman

…About the Author: Dr. Friedman is a clinical psychologist who has recently relocated his private practice to West Los Angeles from San Mateo, California after 25 years. He specializes in adult and adolescent psychotherapy, with a particular interest in attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology and mindfulness practice. He is on the clinical faculty of Chope Hospital in San Mateo and the Wright Institute in Berkeley, and has been responsible fo…

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Quiz: What is Your Emotional IQ?

…ation, empathy and social competence in interpersonal relationships.” This theory fits in with research by Dr. Salvatore Maddi, founder of The Hardiness Institute, who’s posed that the biggest predictor of personal success is not necessarily the circumstances you endure but your ability to endure them – in other words, your “hardiness.” Hardy individuals have qualities of emotional resilience; they are better able to cope under challenging conditi…

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Review: A Psychological Look at Crime and Punishment

…two categories: the “ordinary” and the “extraordinary”. According to that theory, when an individual such as Napoleon—the primary example he refers to as an “extraordinary” person —is working towards a higher cause, laws that apply to other people, do not apply to him/her. After getting to know the main character, it appears to me, that the real reason behind his violent crime is to verify that he belongs to the “extraordinary” category. If he ma…

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Compassionate Child Rearing

Robert W. Firestone, Ph.D. – This eye-opening book introduces the theory and underlying dynamics involved in family relationships. The author helps explain how even well-intentioned parents unwittingly injure their children’s self-esteem and psychological functioning based on their own childhood defenses and self-destructive tendencies. By recognizing their own early life experiences and the internalized defenses they developed as a result, paren…

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Combating Destructive Thought Processes

…es? In this book, clinical psychologist Robert W. Firestone sets forth his theory of the “critical inner voice,” a self-critical point of view that people have internalized based on hurtful life experiences. During a person’s most vulnerable state of childhood, the pressures of society and destructive interactions within the family can lead them to develop defenses, self-protective thought processes and behaviors that prevent them from achieving t…

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The Fear of Intimacy

…re with career success. The book also introduces Dr. Robert W. Firestone’s theory of the “fantasy bond,” a once-useful but now destructive form of self-parenting that jeopardizes meaningful attachments. Written in clear, jargon-free language, Fear of Intimacy helps couples identify and overcome the messages of the “critical inner voice,” an internalized point of view that negatively distorts our perception of ourselves and loved ones. The result i…

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Daily Self Portrait: Fashion is More than What You Wear

…epublic cropped sweater, paired with gray and white striped linen pants by Theory. Add strappy sandals and pearls — just something I threw together. Leaving the house, I know I am ready to represent myself today in ways that feel somehow nourishing to my soul. Don’t kid yourself. The way we present ourselves matters. It is the first calling card by which we show the world what we actually think of ourselves. Self-assured? Confident? Self-possessed…

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Insight into Extremism and the Terrorist Mentality

…e of physical violence over their favorite sports teams. Terror Management Theory research has indicated that death fears lead to an increase in group affiliation and alienation toward outsiders. The same factors that increase people’s comfort and security have a negative impact on their relationships with people of different groups or ideologies. On a societal level, we tend to be antagonistic toward other groups based on race, ethnicity, religio…

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Voice Therapy: A Psychotherapeutic Approach to Self-Destructive Behavior

…se histories illustrate the core defense and its effect on patients’ personality and behavior. The approach is unique in that it unifies cognitive, existential, and psychoanalytic frameworks and is a comprehensive theory of resistance to any form of psychotherapeutic intervention, personal progress, or development. 1988, New York: Human Sciences Press 2001, Santa Barbara: The Glendon Association ISBN: 0967668433…

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