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The Colorado Shooting Leaves Us Wondering: What Makes a Person Violent?

…violence from recurring. Read more from Dr. James Gilligan here Watch Dr. Donald Meichenbaum discuss The Nature of Violence Read Dr. Lisa Firestone’s article on The Inner Voices Behind Violent Behavior   VIOLENCE PREVENTION RESOURCES: National Crime Prevention Center National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center SafeState Stop Bullying Now Campaign Eyes on Bullying Boys Town Hotline – 1-800-448-3000 (24/7) Covenant House Nineline – 1-800-999…

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The Nature of Violence

…Dr. Donald Meichenbaum talks about violence. nce…

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How To Bully Proof Your Children by Building Their Resilience

…they experience bullying, they will be able to recover. As PTSD expert Dr. Donald Meichenbaum has said, “Resilience reflects the ability to ‘bounce back’ … [and] move from being a victim to being a ‘survivor’, and even to becoming a ‘thriver’.” If we want our children to have the ability to adapt to, handle, and overcome the tough situations they encounter in life, the effort to provide them with these skills must begin at home. Here are some of t…

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Activism and Self-Care

…enate I still rise You tweet, we march Keep your tiny hands Poetic justice Donald Trump—pussy-grabber-in-chief My body, my voice So bad, even introverts are here I can’t believe I still have to protest this f_____g shit. Clean water, clean air, clean house Liberty, no justice for all If not me, if not now, when? The future is female Will swap Donald Trump for 10,000 refugees Equality now Thou shalt not mess with women’s reproductive rights—Fallopi…

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Treatment of Individuals with PTSD, Complex PTSD and Comorbid Disorders

    In this Webinar: Dr. Meichenbaum will begin with an examination of the controversies surrounding the concept of PTSD and consider the “state of the art” in treatment outcome studies. He will discuss what factors contribute to the development of chronic PTSD and related adjustment difficulties versus the development of resilience and post-traumatic growth. He’ll offer a Case Conceptualization Model that incorporates these factors and that info…

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Dr. Christine Courtois on Incest: VIDEO

…ic stress disorders in children (Guilford) and co-editing a book with Drs. Donald Walker and Jamie Aten on trauma and spirituality (American Psychological Association Books) to be published in 2013. She has authored two other books,Recollections of Sexual Abuse: Treatment Principles and Guidelines (1999) and Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse: A Workshop Model (1993). Dr. Courtois has published numerous articles and chapters on related topics….

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Compulsive Liars: The Truth About Lying

…ent President of the United States. Many believe that in his short tenure, Donald Trump has proven to be the most blatantly dishonest President in American history. A few statesmen, like Bernie Sanders, have referred to Trump as a “pathological liar” outright. It is not yet known whether Mr. Trump lies because he has Narcissistic Personality Disorder, whether he is afflicted with pseudologica fantastica, or whether there is another explanation for…

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Overcoming Two of Parenting’s Greatest Challenges

…s one of the most important. Renowned British pediatrician/ psychoanalyst, Donald Winnicott once told a group of parents: “You are engaged in founding the mental health of the next generation.” Although, as parents, we recognize the importance and seriousness of our task, many of us still wonder just how much effect we are going to have on how our child will turn out. Most of us are understandably concerned about the harmful influence of violence…

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VIDEO: Dr. Peter Levine on Somatic Experiencing Approach and Titration

…me, is because my graduate work initially was in the neuro-ethology lab of Donald Wilson who sadly was killed, and it very sad for me. But we were taking kind of an informal graduate seminar and one of the professors was presenting some work on what’s called “tonic immobility.” When animals are immobilized, they freeze, playing ‘opossum,” if you take a pigeon, a bird, and hold it in your hands and restrain it, even without fear, it stops fighting,…

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Webinar Resources: Understanding Trauma from "Simple" to "Complex"

…ic stress disorders in children (Guilford) and co-editing a book with Drs. Donald Walker and Jamie Aten on trauma and spirituality (American Psychological Association Books) to be published in 2013. She has authored two other books, Recollections of Sexual Abuse: Treatment Principles and Guidelines (1999) and Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse: A Workshop Model (1993). Dr. Courtois has published numerous articles and chapters on related topics….

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