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Re-Moralizing Your Inner Voice Part Two

…roduction, I am a psychologist who practices psychotherapy with adults and couples, and who teaches students in the allied health professions. As the Founder and Director of The Relational Ethics Institute, I provide ethics education workshops throughout the United States and Canada for mental health professionals. The common theme across all areas of my work concerns the ethics of care. I believe that demoralization is the most prevalent epidemic…

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Importance of Emotion in Therapy: A Conversation with Dr. Leslie Greenberg

…compassion, empowering anger or grief. Greenberg refers to his approach to couples as partners being each other’s “affective regulators” and he aims to help people in relationships express their attachment and identity emotions more fully. Learning Objectives: Describe different types of emotional expression. Assess when to regulate and when to access emotion. Plan to intervene differentially with emotion. For more information on Dr. Greenberg and…

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After the Honeymoon

…ook, The Family, famed family specialist John Bradshaw says, “In a healthy relationship, each person is bonded by desire and not out of neediness. Therefore, each is in the process of becoming more or less whole…each helps the other grow by giving up control, criticism, blame and judgment.” Such non-judgment provides each partner a sense of freedom to grow. “With such freedoms (which really amount to being loved unconditionally),” Bradshaw says, “…

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Combating Destructive Thought Processes: Voice Therapy and Separation Theory

…ethodology. From childhood, Firestone maintains, humans are prevented from experiencing an individuated life by the pressures of society and destructive interactions within the family. The goal of Voice Therapy is to uncover the insidious forces — represented by internal messages called critical inner voices – which limit humans. Firestone’s technique, grounded in clinical research, helps the client to reveal these voices quickly, recognize their…

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For those Living with Mental Illness by Michael D. Rosberg Ph.D.

…e with mental illness only receive treatments when they are in jails or in trouble. Here in Los Angeles, the downtown Twin Towers jail was labeled on the recent episode of the television program 60 Minutes as “the largest mental institution in the United States”. That’s a pretty expensive way to ignore people, don’t you think? As a clinical psychologist I have specialized in working with people suffering with conditions with names such as: “schizo…

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Discipline

…ouths: “Because I say so!” “If you don’t do it, you are going to be in big trouble!” “Get out of my sight!” “You’re driving me crazy!” Here we are, trying to get our kids to control their actions, and we are feeling out of control ourselves. We need to shift our focus from our over-reactions to our children and to what’s going on that might be causing them to act out. How does a parent shift from being effected negatively by their children to havi…

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The Sweet Spot: Relief from the Fear of Death through Mindfulness

…from the frantic thinking. I found myself spit out of the tornado, simply experiencing the intense physical sensations. I experienced a wave of compassion for myself, vulnerable, scared person that I was, touched my cheek and felt tears of relief rolling down. My breathing slowed, and soon my body was calm. Not only was the anxiety gone, but I felt peaceful and tender-hearted. I smiled at people and had a big reservoir of patience for days. That…

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Parenting During Times of Stress

…ur children over the past few days or weeks, this could be a sign they are experiencing an increase in stress, fear, or anxiety like so many of us are. Perhaps, the biggest influence on a child during times of increased stress or uncertainty is the behavior they are seeing modeled by the adults around them. When children see their parents or caregivers responding calmly and confidently, it helps them to feel safe and reassured. Here are some ideas…

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Dealing with Grief

…ways in which we process our feelings. As for the lack of support you are experiencing, the recovery community is designed to be a place of refuge, growth, and connection without judgment. Do you feel like you had specific expectations and someone at the meetings you attend should have said or done something? I ask this question because at times, unmet expectations lead to frustration, dissatisfaction and misplaced anger. I’d like you to consider…

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holidays during the pandemic

How to Make the Holiday Special

…usually reserved for celebration and gathering, but today, many of us are experiencing something very different. And while by now, you may be tired of hearing about how different the holidays look this year, you’re probably still bearing the emotional impact of what that means. These next couple weeks are likely to hit us with waves of grief, loneliness, disappointment, anxiety, and all that same uncertainty that has woven its way through 2020. S…

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