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Exclusive Interviews with Carol and James Gilligan

…an and Dr. James Gilligan, who offer a unique window into their remarkable relationship and marriage of more than 50 years. YouTube responded with an error: The playlist identified with the request’s <code>playlistId</code> parameter cannot be found. Watch more videos from Dr. James and Drs. Carol Gilligan on PsychAlive’s YouTube Channel   Order the Full DVD Interview with Drs. Carol and James Gilligan: This DVD captures a rare joint intervie…

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The Fantasy Bond

…velops and how it goes on to affect clients in everything from destructive relationship patterns to self-sabotaging behaviors, from shattered self-esteem to parenting difficulties. She will explain techniques to help clients recognize, understand, and challenge elements of a fantasy bond, a process that can dramatically improve their relationships with their partners, their children, and themselves, while allowing them to live their own lives free…

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Challenging the Fantasy Bond

…ustrating how this contributes to distortion and maladaptation in personal relationships and in other aspects of life. On a societal level, the feelings of security achieved by identifying with a specific group or cause provide individuals with a sense of belonging, while at the same time, the fantasy of fusion predisposes alienation and fear of those who have different beliefs and worldviews. The Role of the Critical Inner Voice In this updated t…

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Connection in Quarantine

…take your phone in the kitchen and teach your date how to cook. We desire relationships because they release dopamine into the brain and make us happy, because they boost our self-esteem, and because they give our life meaning. Dating is difficult enough without pandemics that shut us in our homes. But social distancing doesn’t equal social disconnection. You may be alone in your home, but you don’t have to be lonely. So get out there into the (v…

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Supporting Men’s Peaceful Transformation

…ive approach to working with men, who have caused harm in intimate partner relationships. Webinar participants will become familiar with the patterns and behaviors that keep men stuck in abusive cycles and learn ways to create a safe environment for men to heal and grow together. The webinar will shed light on the importance of helping men become aware of the many negative impacts that abuse causes for themselves, their partners, their children, f…

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Real Love and How to Manifest It: A Conversation with Sharon Salzberg

    In this Webinar: Fundamentally, there is only one kind of love– real love – trying to come more fully alive in us despite our limiting assumptions, the distortions of our culture, our sense of unworthiness, and the habits of fear, self-condemnation and isolation we tend to acquire just by living a life. Real love can manifest towards ourselves, towards another, towards all beings, and towards life itself. This Webinar with Sharon Salzberg, a…

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7 Ways Your Childhood Affects How You Parent

…l, but as an adult, this attitude can limit our relationships. We may have trouble opening up and being nurturing toward our own children. We may have trouble accepting love from them. Part of growing up, means knowing our defenses and finding ways to live free of these early overlays on our personality, discovering who we really are and what we really want. How do we want to be with our own children? What example do we want to create for them? 6….

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Saving Lives From Suicide

…time to learn how we ourselves can act as a suicide barrier for someone in trouble. The campaign Take 5 to Save Lives is doing a great job of informing people of how taking just five minutes to get informed and involved can make you part of a larger movement to save lives. The campaign lists five steps we can all take right away to become more empowered in the fight to stop suicide. The steps include: Learning the warning signs to spot in someone…

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How to Parent Strong-Willed Kids

…session. Her preschool teacher suggested therapy because she had gotten in trouble for biting other kids. The teacher really liked Sara but was concerned about her behavior. Midway through the session, Sara was asked, “Who’s the boss in your family?” She pointed to her dad. Her mom burst into a fit of laughter, exclaiming, “That’s so not true.” Sara started to giggle, then threw her hands on her hips and proclaimed “Mommy’s right. I’m the boss! Bu…

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Understanding Anger

…by building a case against anyone. This is especially harmful to romantic relationships, where people can get into trouble calculating by stockpiling mistreatments from grievances toward their partner, rather than living in the moment and dealing with the issues at hand. This will be help you maintain a more balanced, realistic point of view. Parenting techniques are also sensitive when it comes to anger. When you feel infuriated at your child, d…

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