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Dr. Lisa Firestone Parenting Articles

…PsychAlive profile page for her latest articles. Visit her website at www.drlisa*]}*firestone.com. How Childhood Defenses Hurt Us as Adults When we internalize destructive attitudes during hurtful or traumatic experiences in our past, we strengthen our “anti-self.” As we grow up, our anti-self resides within us and encourages us to take actions that replicate our past but that are damaging to us in the present.   How to Bully-Proof Your Children by B

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Addiction: The Causes of Abuse and Dependence And How to Break the Cycle

…what is going on for them, and recognize the signs that it is time to seek help. Warning signs that drinking or substance use needs professional treatment include: Recurring binge drinking, or drinking or using to excess. An inability to leave unfinished alcohol behind (for example, a person without alcohol dependence may leave wine served with a meal unfinished; a person with a dependence problem is unable to leave unfinished alcohol behind) Feel…

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Falling Out of Love

…struggles, to some degree, to stay connected to our loving feelings,” said Dr. Lisa Firestone, co-author of Sex and Love in Intimate Relationships. “Early experiences of feeling hurt or rejected can injure our ability to connect with and sustain our loving feelings. Giving and receiving love actually challenges our core defenses, early adaptations we formed to protect ourselves against the ways we were hurt.” While none of us choose to fall out of…

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Insight into the Violent Mind

…s. Historically, in studying the voices associated with suicidal ideology, Lisa Firestone, PhD and I developed a scale to predict the potential for suicide. Items were based on a series of increasingly negative self-critical thoughts and self-attacks. Clients were asked to endorse which items they experienced and how frequently. The scale effectively distinguishes suicidal from non-suicidal individuals at a high level of significance. We applied t…

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Commitment Issues: Why Some People Have Them and Others Don’t

…ship can also help us to earn a more secure attachment style. 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 secure attachment style than what we’ve experienced. We can also talk to a therapist, as the therapeutic relationship can help create a more secure attachment. We can continue to get to know ourselves through understanding our past experiences,…

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Video: Dr. John Norcross on writing Changeology

…that you’ve learned from psychotherapy research and applying them to self-help. JN: In self-help, in self-change. Going back 30 years ago, beginning with my research with Dr. Jim Petraska, we’d been investigating how people change on their own, without psychotherapy, with a little bit of psychotherapy, only in psychotherapy. There’s this wonderful continua of change. We need not think about self-help and psychotherapy as antagonistic. They’re qui…

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Advances in the Treatment of Suicidal Clients: An Interview with Dr. David Jobes

…om causality and contributing factors to risk factors and treatment plans. Dr. Jobes draws upon years of research to discuss contributing factors that can lead to suicide. He addresses the risk and protective factors of suicidal clients, as well as the legal liabilities in treatment. Dr. Jobes shares his perspective on a variety of treatment methods, including Suicide Contracts vs. Safety Plans, CBT relapse prevention, Dielectical Behavioral Thera…

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Bullying and Beyond: How to Stop Violent Behavior

…reduce violent acts. The first step in preventing violence is to learn the warning signs that indicate whether someone is likely to become violent. These warning signs often include a history of early aggressive behavior, such as enjoying hurting animals, expressions of violence in drawings and writings, as well as physical fighting with siblings and peers. Other warning signs have to do with feeling constantly disrespected and thinking that a per…

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Teen Suicide Prevention: Counselors and Mental Health Professionals

…f them do not feel they receive adequate training in the assessment treatment and management of suicidal clients. (Link to Glendon suicide page for resources) Training Opportunities for Mental Health Professionals: Online: Something to Lose: An Interview with Lisa Firestone, Ph.D. (Psychotherapy.net – CE’s available) Suicide: What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know (CE’s available) For a full list of resources to help you as a practiti…

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Learn the CPR of Suicide Prevention

…CPR of Suicide Prevention” here See a full list of upcoming Webinars with Dr. Lisa Firestone, here * All Webinars are provided by The Glendon Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and enhancing mental health. To support this Webinar series, you can make a donation to The Glendon Association by clicking here Recommended Books   Recommended Films   VISIT: PsychAlive’s Suicide Prevention Advice The Glendon Association’s Sui…

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