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How to Break the Cycle of Child Abuse

…stand and make sense of their experiences. Encourage them to recognize and voice their emotions. This will help them to formulate their own coherent narrative throughout their lives, which can lead to increased psychological resilience and overall emotional well-being. 3. Lead by example. How many times do we tell our kids to use their words? What are we teaching them when we don’t follow our own instruction? Aggressive behavior toward young child…

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Personal Story of a Life Touched by Suicide

…I’ll be doing that today as well! I cry when a singer gets selected on The Voice, so I imagine I’ll be crying today! I’d like to start today with a quote from Dr. Maya Angelou which has great meaning to me. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you”. So today I share my story. I am here to honor my loved ones whom I have lost to suicide. I will not back away from the undeniable pain of my experience because I know so many…

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7 Tips for Parent’s to Help Their Teen Create a Strong Sense of Self

…doing that because…___fill in the blank___. Stop and ask yourself, “Who’s voice am I hearing? Is it mine? Or is it a shaming adult in my past? Is it true?” Then go from there and try to be as open and supportive as you can be with your child’s choice of what interests him or her. This is a great chance for you to personally grow and reflect on your own programming and become more conscious in your own life—freeing yourself from past programming t…

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Overcoming the Fear of Intimacy

…individuality in each partner. Learning Objectives: Apply techniques from Voice Therapy to help challenge clients’ negative thoughts toward themselves and their partners. Explain how early childhood traumas limit an individual’s ability to maintain intimacy. Describe how the Fantasy Bond can interfere with couple relationships. Order Now Ordering Information Once payment is received, you will be emailed a full video recording of this webinar alon…

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Do You Have an Honest Relationship?

…onality that don’t reflect who we really are and what we really want. If a voice in our head is telling us not to take a chance or be vulnerable, it’s important to question where those thoughts come from, then make our actions match what we really desire. When we are true to ourselves in this way, we are better able to be honest with the people around us. We are less likely to just tell people what they want to hear or try to cover up things about…

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6 Reasons Most People Are Afraid of Love

…rson’s core defenses can sabotage romantic closeness Apply techniques from Voice Therapy to help challenge clients’ negative thoughts toward themselves and their partners Describe how the Fantasy Bond can interfere with couple relationships Order Now Ordering Information Once payment is received, you will be emailed a full video recording of this webinar along with all presentation materials. Optional CEs (3) may be purchased through R. Cassidy Se…

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How to Write your Way to Bliss

…said that miracles happen at the border where pain meets joy. When we give voice to our feelings not only do we honor them, but through writing we are able to make sense of what we feel. This is especially clear when we use techniques such as free writing or stream-of-consciousness writing, which is writing without lifting the pen off the page and allowing thoughts to go where they want to go. We might begin by writing about how we had such a bad…

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The Abuse of Overparenting

…g shift has its positives. Children are people, and they deserve to have a voice within their home. Parents should always aim to treat their kids with respect, interest, and consideration. However, the trend of helicopter parenting has been taken to extremes and, in that, we are also witnessing pro-parenting’s negative effects. A 2011 PEW Research survey further found that “40% of 18- to 24-year-olds currently live with their parents, and the vast…

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Sexting, Technology and Relationships

The New World Order: have we gone too far with technology?

…edia, while there is non-verbal communication (facial expressions, tone of voice, posture, gestures, timing, intensity, etc.) there is an absence of the dynamic experience of face-to-face social interaction. Skills such as social problem solving, compromise and conflict management may go underdeveloped. Consequently, the technology intended to improve the quality of our lives can instead lead to its deterioration through social disconnection, cybe…

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Comforting Those Who Grieve

…over for dinner when they moved into their house, and we had gone out to dinner with her and her husband once in a while, but she and I were just a bit more than cool acquaintances. I had always found her too loud – I could hear her yelling at her stepson and son through both our exterior walls. And I thought she was too nosy – she always seemed to poke her nose outside whenever I was in the garden. She was just too domineering and much too pushy…

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