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How Trauma Is Impacting Our Culture and What We Can Do to Help

…person to help. Fortunately, treatment is both available and effective. It can lead to increased resilience, emotional growth, and can even save a life. Need help? In the U.S., call 1-800-273-8255 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. —Join Dr. Firestone and Dr. Courtois for the Sept. 24 CE Webinar, “Complex Forms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” or the Sept. 10 free webinar for the public, “Understanding Trauma, from ‘Simple’ to ‘Comple…

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Negative Feelings, Essential Signals on the Road of Life: Supporting our Children on their Path

…uble painted lines on the road, speed bumps and limits, freeway and street signs that help us get from here to there safely on our journey. When our kids quell their boredom with our phone in the grocery line or we hand them a tablet to avert a tantrum in the restaurant, perhaps it is important for us, as parents, to take a different stance in regard to their negative feelings. Rather than escaping or avoiding them, it is important that we help ou…

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Anxious Attachment: Understanding Insecure Anxious Attachment

…ice: $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 How does an anxious attachment manifest in adulthood? Children who have an anxious attachment often grow up to have preoccupied attachment patterns. As adults, they tend to be self-critical and insecure. They seek approval and reassurance from others, y…

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What is Your Attachment Style?

…ice: $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 Because our attachment ability is broken in a relationship, it is often best to be fixed in a relationship. According to Dr. Lisa Firestone, “One of the proven ways to change our attachment style is by forming an attachment with someone who had a more s…

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Parenting During Times of Stress

…to adjust to this new “normal,” establishing a daily routine is one way to help you and your children make the transition to full-time life at home. Having a daily schedule can help to provide a sense of safety for children during times of uncertainty and can help to reduce their anxiety. It is also a good way to break up the day and make time for school, work, play, and self-care. Keeping the house clean and organized may also help reduce stress…

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How to Heal Trauma or Just Get Unstuck with EMDR

…f time before phase 3 can even begin! The preparation phases are part of EMDR. EMDR can very nicely incorporate other therapeutic models such as ego state work and somatic therapies. Self-Regulation and EMDR Before using any type of processing therapy or tool, a trauma-informed therapist will treat each patient with a comprehensive approach to ensure they are within their window of tolerance. We have the knowledge and tools to help the patient lea…

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A Guide to EMDR and Trauma

…f time before phase 3 can even begin! The preparation phases are part of EMDR. EMDR can very nicely incorporate other therapeutic models, such as ego state work and somatic therapies. Self-Regulation and EMDR Before using any type of processing therapy, or tool, a trauma-informed therapist will treat each patient with a comprehensive approach to ensure they are within their window of tolerance. We have the knowledge and tools to help the patient l…

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Passionate Love: What is the “spark” and how can we keep it alive?

…tion 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…

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Disorganized Attachment: How Disorganized Attachments Form & How They Can Be Healed

…ice: $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 To learn more about how to write a coherent narrative and develop an earned secure attachment, join Dr. Lisa Firestone and Dr. Daniel Siegel for the online course “Making Sense of Your Life: Understanding Your Past to Liberate Your Present and Empower Y…

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How to Deal with Rejection

How to Deal with Rejection

…t by the filter through which we view what happens to us. Dr.’s Robert and Lisa Firestone have both written extensively about the role of a person’s “critical inner voice” in coloring the way they see the world. Like a mean coach living inside our heads, this inner critic is designed to critique, undermine, and sabotage us. Just as positive, nurturing experiences help us form a healthy sense of self that’s “on our side” so to speak, our “critical…

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