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Making Sense of Your Past by Daniel Siegel, M.D.

…so come to believe that making sense is essential to our well- being and happiness. – Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation 2010, New York, NY: Bantam Books Join Dr. Daniel Siegel and Dr. Lisa Firestone for the online course “Making Sense of Your Story: Understanding Your Past to Liberate Your Present and Empower Your Future.”   Watch an exclusive PsychAlive video featuring Dr. Daniel Siegel discussing mindsi…

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7 Ways Your Childhood Affects How You Parent

…be the best parent they can be, the key is often to venture into yourself and to do so with strength, curiosity and compassion. Join Dr. Lisa Firestone for this 6-Week Parenting eCourse:…

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How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself

…ch are we letting this inner critic control us and sabotage our goals? Are we living the lives we were destined to live or are we living someone else’s life? Are our actions based on what we really feel and believe or on negative programming from our past? This Webinar with Dr. Lisa Firestone can help individuals stop self-sabotaging by countering negative thinking and to live free from imagined limitations. Order Now Ordering Information: Once pa…

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Understanding and Assessing Violence

…contribute to an individual’s potential for violence. In this webinar, Dr. Lisa Firestone, a leading expert on violence, will integrate findings from the fields of neuroscience, attachment, and psychology. Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the core dynamics operating in clients at risk for violent behavior. 2. Assess clients’ negative thought patterns that influence self-destructive and violent behavior. 3. Use assessment and interview techniques,…

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How Insecure Attachment Creates Fertile Ground for Addictions

…$49 On-Demand Webinars     In this Webinar: This online workshop with Dr. Lisa Firestone will provide tools to help people heal insecure attachment, resolve trauma, integrate their… Learn More Viewing clinical issues through the lens of attachment theory has helped me enormously in my work with clients. Problems and dysfunction make perfect sense when viewed through this lens. Take my client Becky, for instance. (I’ve changed her name for confide…

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Overcoming the Inner Enemy that Causes Depression

…ns taking on this internalized enemy or “critical inner voice.” Learning how to identify the self-destructive thoughts of this inner critic and how to take actions in your own self interest is the beginning of challenging the roots of depression. In this Webinar, Dr. Lisa Firestone will address ways we can identify and deal effectively with the negative thinking that leads to the destructive spiral of depression and hopelessness. Exercises for ide…

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Video: Dr. John Norcross on neuroscience and the impact on psychotherapy

…ave about the same results as doing exposure work for OCD. And guess what, Lisa? They both show up in the brain. I don’t find that surprising. I think it’s wonderful; it’s confirmatory, but not revelatory. But as we progress with our assessment of brain functioning, then I think we’re going to come up with far more tailored, personalized treatments. So right now, it’s gratifying, it’s confirmatory. I’m waiting when we make that transcendent leap,…

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Video: Dr. John Norcross on writing Changeology

…ndings available to the general public in a reader friendly way? JN: Well, Lisa, as we know, people are desperate for behavior change and yet most self-help resources out there are pitiful. Over 95% have no research attesting to their effectiveness as a stand-alone self-help resource. So some self-help resources get people inspired for 7 or 10 days, but then just leave them discouraged, not certain what to do. And yet, other self-help resources gi…

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Top 10 Effective Communication Techniques for Couples

…artner is not saying. Two people in a relationship get to learn each other fears, goals, values and dreams. No one should know your partner better than you, therefore, use that to your advantage and observe the situation. Some people are better at expressing themselves or communicating better than others. For example, Rita knew her husband, an advertising executive, wanted a new look. He had gained a few pounds so she thought he was self-conscious…

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Am I Depressed? The Difference Between Sadness and Depression

…olar Support Alliance Phone Applications Breathe2Relax (free) Universal Breathing, Pranayama (Under $10) Yoga Nidra Lite (Lite version is free) Calm (free) Books Letting Go of Self Destructive Behaviors, a Workbook of Hope and Healing by Lisa Ferentz (includes details about the CARESS technique) The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment (Norton Professional Book) by Babette Rothschild Mindsight: The New Science of Per…

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