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What We Need to Know to Prevent Suicide

…sociation by clicking here In this Webinar: In this free Webinar, Dr. Lisa Firestone teaches the warning signs of suicide as well as the helper tasks that can save a life. The Webinar will help participants to recognize when someone is in crisis and will teach the tools for all individuals to be able to reach out to those suffering. Dr. Firestone sheds light on what goes on in the mind of someone who is suicidal and talks about steps people can ta…

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How to Deal with Rejection

How to Deal with Rejection

…aking our critical inner voice are number one enemy. Dr.’s Robert and Lisa Firestone have outlined specific steps we can take to identify these voices, make sense of them, separate from them, and challenge them on an action level. Taking this practice seriously can really help us stay in a healthy and realistic mind frame when recovering from a break up. Read about the steps to challenge your critical inner voice. Don’t Look Back with Rose-Colored…

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How To Be More Loving

…loving in their actions and maintain their loving feelings over time. Dr. Firestone will draw on Dr. Robert Firestone’s concepts’ “fear of intimacy” and the “fantasy bond” as well as findings from attachment theory and Emotion-Focused Therapy to describe common patterns that create distance and proven strategies to achieve more closeness. Individuals, couples, and therapists working with clients will benefit by learning about how negative dynamic…

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The Reason Why Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Gets it Right on Suicide Prevention (and ’13 Reasons Why’ is Harmfully Misguided)

…suicide into believing the lies that their mental illness tells them.” Dr. Firestone agrees and notes that when people in the media mention specific suicide methods, there is an increase in risk for suicides by that particular method. There is virtually unanimous agreement among suicide prevention experts that this type of content (graphic portrayal of a completed suicide) is extremely dangerous for viewers at risk. Suicide attempt survivors like…

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The Inner Voice in Self-Destructive Behavior and Suicide

…ith tools to counter injunctions to harm themselves. This type of awareness is crucial in that it provides clients with a sense of mastery over behaviors they previously perceived as being beyond their control. References Firestone, R. W ., & Firestone, L. (2006). Firestone Assessment of Self-Destructive Thoughts (FAST) manual. Lutz, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources. Heckler, R. A. (1994). Waking up, alive: The descent, the suicide attempt,…

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Beating Addiction: The Sneaky Role of the Critical Inner Voice

…of them that is self-critical, self-sabotaging and self-destructive). Dr. Firestone will explain the steps of Voice Therapy, a cognitive, affective and behavioral approach to challenging one’s core negative beliefs about themselves. She will help individuals and therapists working with clients learn ways to overcome the thought processes that drive addictive behavior. Dr. Firestone will further emphasize the importance of helping individuals stru…

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Bonus Episode: Steps of Voice Therapy

…arise from this therapeutic technique. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS…

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6 CE Online Suicide Prevention Training: Fulfill California’s Requirement for Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention

…with clients who attempt suicide of actually die by suicide ABOUT DR. LISA FIRESTONE: For more than 30 years, Dr. Lisa Firestone has traveled all over the world educating mental health and health professionals, educators, and the public on effective methods to help save lives from suicide. This course meets the new six-hour accreditation requirements that all California Psychologists must complete effective January 1, 2020.   Register Now   The Ca…

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How to Preserve Your Individuality While Quarantining with Your Partner

…hese issues: Creating Thriving Relationships with Drs. Dan Siegel and Lisa Firestone Be honest. Honesty is vital for your integrity as an individual and necessary for establishing trust in your close relationship. Even in situations where it is difficult to be honest, it’s best to be truthful. When you are dishonest or deceptive, you are betraying yourself. When you are not honest with your partner, you are fracturing his or her sense of reality….

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

…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 Your Futur…

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