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Webinar Resources: Social Media and Marketing for Mental Health Professionals

Here you will find all resources from the May 7 Webinar “Social Media and Marketing for Mental Health Professionals.” View slides from the Webinar here To request a video recording of this Webinar contact [email protected]. See Upcoming Webinars from PsychAlive All Webinars are provided for free by The Glendon Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to… Read more »

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Road Map to Resilience: Ways to Bolster Resilience and Well-being

In honor of PTSD Awareness Month, we welcome you to watch this one-hour Webinar “Roadmap to Resilience” with Dr. Donald Meichenbaum.

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Writing "The Birth of Pleasure"

The reason I wrote that book was because it seemed so counter-intuitive, and then, why are we afraid of pleasure? You know, and we had just been talking about it because it’s—if you’ve experienced pleasure or love, which is what we all start with, and then you experience loss…there’s a line in Birth of Pleasure,… Read more »

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Why Women Find it Diffiicult to Attach to Pleasure

Lisa Firestone:  It’s also been my experience when people really feel the most joy or the most loving or close moments that it also brings up, it brings up more anxiety about death and loss— Carol Gilligan:  It’s perfect.  If I enjoy, like, how will I deal with death.  But if I’m not enjoying, like,… Read more »

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Cultural Stereotypes of Men and Women

align=”left” Carol Gilligan: So you know, these descriptions of  boys as being not in relationship, or not emotional, I mean, they are as off as the description of girls as being, having no sense of self. And what’s amazing is that people actually repeat this, you know, that, “Women feel and men think.”  Well, I… Read more »

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Women’s Adaptation to Living in Our Patriarchal Society

…her daughter said that she was angry at her mother because every time the mother and the father argue, the mother gave in.  The daughter is observing this. and she said to the mother, “I’m angry at you for always giving in,” and the mother said, “I felt so humiliated, so ashamed,” because the daughter… Read more »

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Feminism and Patriarchy

Carol Gilligan: That sort of view that feminism is against men it just doesn’t, but from the beginning it never made sense to me.  And so, I was asked recently by a group of young women in a young women leadership conference program at Harvard—do I think of myself as a feminist?  So I said,… Read more »

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Our Human Capacity for Emotional Honesty

Lisa Firestone:  It seems like part of what you’re talking about is honesty. Carol Gilligan:  Yes, that’s a good name for it.  I mean emotional honesty, intellectual honesty, yes, absolutely, Lisa. That’s exactly right. LF:  Because honesty doesn’t necessarily mean saying everything you think every moment but knowing what you think and letting yourself see… Read more »

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Treating Violent Individuals – NOFSW Conference

See Slides from Dr. Lisa Firestone’s Presentation:

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Resources to Help in the Aftermath of School Shootings

We have had many parents and caregivers writing to us and asking what they can do in the aftermath of the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. So we decided to share the following articles, guides and resources: Helping your children manage distress in the aftermath of a shooting Managing your distress in the aftermath… Read more »

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