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How Insecure Attachment Creates Fertile Ground for Addictions

…ed secure attachment, not just for our survival but also for optimal brain development. Here is what it looks like when secure attachment doesn’t happen: Baby is upset, turns to caregiver for comfort and connection; instead, baby gets ignored, is left alone, or worse, is abused for having needs. These types of reactions from caregiver will have an enormous dysregulating effect on baby. Most likely baby will protest (i.e., cry) or give some kind of…

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A Challenge to Mothers Everywhere

…seless and sacrificial work. We see Mother’s Day as the one day to reverse roles and take care of the person who takes care of everyone else. Parenting is no doubt hard work, and it does involve some sacrifice. However, there is sometimes an unspoken implication that for a woman to be a good mother, she must cast aside other parts of herself that make her who she is. In reality, the best gift a mother can give her children is to be a happy, fulfil…

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Helping Clients Stop Self-Sabotaging

…with the “critical inner voice” is central to all areas of life: personal development, healthy relationships, self-esteem and career success. This Webinar provides participants with an introduction to Voice Therapy, a technique that can increase awareness of this internal dialogue, understanding its source and helping therapists assist clients in overcoming self-destructive behavior patterns, such as addictions and actual suicide. Participants in…

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Ambivalent Feelings All Parents Have

…Like it or not, all parents have ambivalent feelings toward their children. Child development expert Joyce Catlett talks about where these feelings come from and how we can best deal with them in ourselves without hurting our children.  …

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Ethical Decision-Making in Psychotherapy On Being Moral, Ethical and Professional

…rying to determine the kind of people we should be and of attending to the development of character within ourselves and our communities. After covering the broader concerns with ethics, virtue, morality, cultural relativism, etc., the course focuses on ethical decision-making in psychotherapy and the importance of the moral principles of autonomy, non-malfeasance, beneficence, justice and fidelity. The course then introduces a theoretical and con…

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Child Abuse: Introduction, Assessment, Treatment

…ssment, reporting and treatment of child abuse. Topics covered include the development of child abuse reporting laws, the nature of abuse and neglect, definitions of child abuse, reporting requirements, identification and assessment guidelines, and treatment issues with children, families and adult survivors of child abuse and neglect. . . . . . . . . Daniel Taube, PhD, JD, is an associate professor at Alliant International University, specializin…

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It isn’t whether you win or lose, it is how you play the game, or is it? The law of unintended consequences

…grade, even when the grade is poor, can be a powerful way to support moral development in the face of our outcome, product oriented society. In closing, I want to share a story I heard from parents of a nine year old boy. He is an excellent soccer player and was invited to try out for a competition level team. After his tryout, it was revealed that parents of a group of club soccer playing boys had insisted that they either have all their children…

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The Self Under Siege: A New Model of Differentiation

…by interpersonal experiences that are either favorable or damaging to the development of his or her personality. In order for people to fulfill their destiny, they must free themselves from destructive influences. When someone is able to develop & sustain aspects of their unique identity, they’re able to live truly individualistic lives. This Webinar teaches an innovative approach to differentiation, a four-step process developed by Robert Firest…

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Suicide Prevention

…e. In collaboration with Dr. Robert Firestone, her studies resulted in the development of the Firestone Assessment of Self-Destructive Thoughts (FAST) and the Firestone Assessment of Violent Thoughts (FAVT). Dr. Firestone has published numerous professional articles, and most recently was the co-author of Sex and Love in Intimate Relationships (APA Books, 2006), Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice (New Harbinger, 2002), and Creating a Life of Meanin…

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Mental Health Apps: A Therapist in Your Pocket!

…9 cents or just a few dollars. They can be used by therapists for personal development or clinical work, by clients to support their therapeutic work, or by laypeople not in therapy. Through sheer low price and ease of accessibility, mental health apps make mental health services available to millions of people who may otherwise be prohibited by cost, geographic location, preference for treatment modality, or time. Soldiers stationed overseas, peo…

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