…inger, 2002), and Creating a Life of Meaning and Compassion: The Wisdom of Psychotherapy (APA Books, 2003). Learn more or register here Learn more or register here Learn more or register here Learn more or register here Learn more or register here Webinars with Sheldon Solomon, Ph.D. Dr. Sheldon Solomon is a psychologist and the Ross Professor for Interdisciplinary Studies at Skidmore College. He is best known for developing Terror Managem…
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In this Webinar: Mindfulness is at the cutting edge of psychotherapy practice, recognized as the third wave of cognitive behavioral therapy. It is also a foundational element of humanistic-existential approaches to living a full and meaningful life. With its roots in Eastern wisdom traditions, mindfulness helps patients and clients, and clinicians themselves, implement stress reduction in the service of physiological, emotional, mental and sp…
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…s, favor a defensive lifestyle that predisposes emotional misery and maladaptive behavior, opposes individuation and self-realization, and serves as the core resistance to psychotherapy and a more happy and harmonious life. Learn more about Dr. Robert Firestone’s book The Self Under Siege…
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…feel bad a good deal of the time. My specific orientation and approach to psychotherapy has come to be known as “Voice Therapy.” Voice Therapy techniques bring internalized negative thought processes to the surface with accompanying affect in a dialogue format such that a person can confront alien components of the personality. It is so named because it is a process of giving language or spoken words to negative thought patterns that are at the c…
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…r 50 years of working with schizophrenic patients, troubled individuals in psychotherapy, and groups of people concerned with developing more fulfilling personal lives. The process of forming Fantasy Bonds originates in the early years of a child’s development and is a widespread phenomenon. Fantasies of fusion originally arise to cope with interpersonal pain and separation anxiety as early as during infancy. The Fantasy Bond must be distinguished…
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…found that even seasoned professional therapists who had been involved in psychotherapy themselves, gained new insights and made new connections while completing the exercises. This reinforced my belief in the power and value of working through the creation of a coherent narrative of one’s early life experiences. When my colleagues and I conduct these seminars, we also teach a toolkit of skills for managing the strong emotions that can arise when…
Learn More…believe that you can benefit from additional help? Or do you want to enter psychotherapy and use PsychAlive as a tool in your therapy? Or are your personal issues deeper and more distressing than the psychological issues that PsychAlive addresses? Would you like the help of a professional mental health expert? In any case, there are many capable therapists to choose from. Therapists use a variety of methods that are based on a wide range of psycho…
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…Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Dr. Norcross specializes in psychotherapy, clinical training and behavioral change. Dr. Norcross has authored over 300 publications and edited or co-written 22 professional books, including his acclaimed self-help book Changeology. In this DVD, Dr. John Norcross discusses Changeology, a scientifically proven approach to self-change. He explains how change unfolds in a series of steps and outlines in d…
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…ttention shaping energy and information flow to neural activity and growth is this way: Where attention goes, neural firing flows and neural connection grows. This not only helps us understand how psychotherapy and parenting work, but also how our societies shape our minds as well. To learn more read Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human by Daniel J. Siegel…
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