…ths will be greeted with these tools to combat the emotional wounds of battle. Learn more about treating PTSD in an our CE webinar with Dr. Donald Meichenbaum and Dr. Lisa Firestone, Treatment of Individuals with PTSD, Complex PTSD and Comorbid Disorders: A Life-Span Approach. …
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…ctional elements of my mother’s style of relating to life. As cited by Dr. Lisa Firestone in the blog “Breaking the Fantasy Bond with our Mothers,” Nancy Friday, the author of My Mother/My Self, describes the dilemma that women face as they progress toward their goals in life. Friday posits that with each milestone of independence, a woman will unconsciously experience separation anxiety from the internal bond with her mother (2015). The anxiety d…
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…who are self-medicating, and the one I am most familiar with, the risk of suicide. Since my son died by suicide as a result of his bipolar disorder, my mission has been to erase the stigma of mental illness and to discuss mental illness and suicide openly and often. Only then can we hope to save some lives. 1Mayo Clinic staff, “Mental Health: Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness: False Beliefs About Mental Illness Can Cause Significant Problem…
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…in your life today. In PsychAlive’s online course with Drs. Dan Siegel and Lisa Firestone, they will walk you through the process of creating a coherent narrative to help you to build healthier, more secure attachments and strengthen your own personal sense of emotional resilience.When you create a coherent narrative, you actually rewire your brain to cultivate more security within yourself and your relationships. Developing Secure Attachment: Two…
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…to how well our relationships progress to, sadly, how they end,” said Dr. Lisa Firestone. “That is why recognizing our attachment pattern can help us understand our strengths and vulnerabilities in a relationship… When there is a secure attachment pattern, a person is confident and self-possessed and is able to easily interact with others. However, when there is an anxious or avoidant attachment pattern, and a person picks a partner who fits with…
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…moments of stress. In PsychAlive’s online course with Drs. Dan Siegel and Lisa Firestone, they will walk individuals through the process of creating a coherent narrative to help them to build healthier, more secure attachments and strengthen their own personal sense of emotional resilience. Getting help to resolve early trauma can come in many forms. Most important is to form a healthy relationship that exists over time with a romantic partner, a…
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…ans making our critical inner voice are number one enemy. Dr.’s Robert and Lisa Firestone have outlined specific steps we can take to identify these voices, make sense of them, separate from them, and challenge them on an action level. Taking this practice seriously can really help us stay in a healthy and realistic mind frame when recovering from a break up. Read about the steps to challenge your critical inner voice. Don’t Look Back with Rose-Co…
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…rapist Talking is a powerful way of combating your depression. If you feel bad, don’t let anyone tell you it’s no big deal or that you’ll just get over it. There is nothing shameful about recognizing you have a problem you alone cannot seem to resolve and to seek the help of a therapist. Asking for help is a brave act and speaking to a therapist is a healthy, productive endeavor from which every individual would benefit. Learning about the source…
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…nd researcher specializing in treating PTSD, sees the goal of treatment as helping people with PTSD resolve the disconnect caused by the trauma. “If we can help our patients tolerate their own bodily sensations, they’ll be able to process the trauma themselves,” he says. He supports the use of a number of therapies that help survivors become more mindful of their own physiological states, including Trauma-informed yoga or restorative yoga EMDR, Ey…
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…ing on? How did it go for you when you took that approach? These questions help your child grow self-awareness, and it will help you acknowledge that their struggle makes sense from their perspective starts you both on a new path together. Figure Out a Path Forward From here, you can think together about how to manage in the future to get a better outcome. As questions get explored, different options emerge for managing. If there is a challenge wi…
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