…iege: A Therapeutic Model for Differentiation by Dr. Robert Firestone, Dr. Lisa Firestone and Joyce Catlett, which focuses on the process of differentiation and provides examples from their clinical practices and their 35-year observational study of a group of normal individuals, their families and their children. In the book, individuals share their personal stories and their experiences, as they progressed through these four tasks, and the autho…
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…potential as unique individuals, and the better able we will be to nurture them throughout the process. To read more about differentiation in Dr. Firestone’s latest book, The Self under Siege. [SlideDeck2 id=15697]…
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…e way we relate to our partners. Prolonged stress has that kind of effect. Fear has been a dominate emotion for all of us over the past year. It’s affected every one of us, regardless of whether you are unaware, partially aware, or fully aware of having felt it. Fear is an appropriate reaction to danger. We need to feel it; it keeps us safe. But it can also make us self-protective and distrustful. Then we shut down emotionally, which causes us to…
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…ses of their relationship. These feelings of mutual trust continue to sustain them through the inevitable vicissitudes – the ups and downs in every relationship – that they will encounter in the years that follow. Overcoming the Fear of Intimacy Length: 90 Minutes Price: $59 On-Demand Webinars In this Webinar: What prevents most people from being able to sustain romantic, meaningful relationships that satisfy their needs and desires? Why do… L…
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…in your life today. In PsychAlive’s online course with Drs. Dan Siegel and Lisa Firestone, they 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. In a previous article, I noted that b…
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…to avoid turning to violence. If you or a loved one is in trouble, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline -1-800-799-SAFE (7233). On Nov. 12, you can attend a free Webinar with Dr. Lisa Firestone, featuring violence expert Dr. James Gilligan on “Why Does Violence Occur and How Can We Prevent It?” Learn more or register here …
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…your own child’s face. Depression may be an obstacle that can cast a shadow on your life, but it can never overshadow who you are. Join Dr. Lisa Firestone for free and CE Webinars on depression…
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…ttainable. Much of our inability to access our personal power comes from a fear of suffering, a fear of painful feelings, or a fear of failure. This is another problem: we waste precious time and resources avoiding fear instead of living vibrantly, productively, and fully in the present moment, thereby actually creating the futures we long for. As in the practice of yoga, it is sometimes more useful to slow down and examine our reactions to things…
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…the reality that the adversary was being fueled by the energy of their own fears. The true enemy was their own fear! To live wisely with the devils that we encounter, we must first look for ways that we are reifying circumstances or that our reactivity may be contributing to the very outcomes we most fear. What I hope: Perhaps in the absence of the obstructionist stalemate that has made our government so dysfunctional since the election of Obama,…
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…they fantasize that they can entirely meet their own needs, that they can “feed” themselves, in effect. To help understand where one stands in relation to this defensive process, it is valuable to examine one’s sexual life and sexual fantasies because they symbolically express the individual’s attitudes toward the giving and taking of love in relation to other persons. This analysis also reveals the manner and the extent to which people have retre…
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