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Changing Attachment Style Through Psychotherapy

…lives and develop themselves in ways that will improve their interpersonal relationships. Learning Objectives: 1. Help clients identify their early attachment style. 2. Recognize how early adaptation patterns shape a client’s attachment style and adult life. 3. Utilize the relationship in psychotherapy to enhance a patient’s attachment style. Order Now Ordering Information Once payment is received, you will be emailed a full video recording of thi…

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Looking for Mr. Perfect, Finding Mr. Right

…nge. Sometimes we get into the mindset that we want to rescue someone, or change the “bad boy” into a good man. The truth is people have to want to change on their own.If you try to change a man, it’s likely he’ll end up resenting you for it, and that does not make for a healthy relationship. 3. Try to let your guard down. Let him know you like him, avoid playing hard to get because he might not want to play. Being yourself can be tough in new dat…

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Living Mom’s Life?

…I want in life, such as creative achievements or milestones in my romantic relationship, I am going to feel afraid. I may not be conscious of the fear, but before I know it, I’ll make a psychological shift toward identification with my internalized mother, good qualities and maladaptive ones included. Okay, let me get this straight. My actual mother can be out of my thoughts, minding her own business in Minnesota, while her proxy, the one invented…

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Anxiety

…instance, applying for a job, being accepted to a school or entering a new relationship, we begin to experience increased fear and anxiety. Though excited about our accomplishments, we may also feel scared, self-critical and overly worried. Our voices will try to tear us down with thoughts like, “Who are you kidding? They’ll never hire you” or “Don’t bother getting serious about this relationship. He/She doesn’t even like you that much anyway.” Wh…

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HIV and AIDS

…he development of HIV/AIDS • Become familiar with the impact HIV/AIDS on culture • Identify and recognize common stigmas associated with HIV/AIDS • Increase familiarity with the relationship between HIV/AIDS and mental health • Increase familiarity with the relationship between HIV/AIDS and substance abuse…

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Changeology: Tailoring Therapy to the Stages of Change

…ovides effective methods for adapting the treatment method and the therapy relationship to the patient’s stage of change. You will learn to rapidly assess the stages of change (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance) and then to match change catalysts specific to that stage. “Doing the right thing at the right time” is the key to efficient change. Learning Objectives: By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: ♦ A…

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It’s Time to Evict the Parents in Your Head

…a parent’s influence, both positive and negative. Whatever our present-day relationship with our parents may be, the parent we’ve internalized in our heads still influences us in countless ways. Our past has a heavy hand in shaping our present: how we see ourselves, how we behave, and how we expect others to respond to us. Our earliest caretakers’ impact on us is so great because of our complete helplessness and dependency on them and because how…

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The Value of Being Personal with Your Children

…his activities in a rote or mechanical style that fails to lead to a real relationship. Very often fathers and mothers do not really listen to or respond sensitively to the answers to these questions, and children, in turn, learn to answer insincerely. This type of parent-child relationship is best illustrated by a story a mother related about her interaction with her 8-year-old daughter. She began: The other day JoAnn asked me if I would take he…

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Kindness Wins!

What’s the most important characteristic in a lifetime relationship partner? A recent study in the U.K. researched this question. At the University of Swansea, researchers enlisted 2,700 college students from five countries to progressively narrow down which characteristics were most important to them in a lifetime mate. And the one that emerged from all cultures was kindness. Kindness beat out physical attractiveness, good financial prospects, h…

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