…ssion and become the people we truly seek to be. In this Webinar, Dr. Lisa Firestone will discuss the formation of identity and the ways we can reshape it. Our identity is neither fixed nor one dimensional. In order to discover who we really are, we have to let go of the “shoulds” and “roles” laid out for us by our history. We must also take steps to free ourselves from the self-critical thoughts and self-limiting psychological defenses that have…
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…of “Voice Therapy,” developed by my father, psychologist and author Robert Firestone, involves putting your critical thoughts in the second-person (as “you” statements.) My friend tried this exercise herself with journaling. First, she wrote down her most shameful feelings in relation to herself as a parent. Rather than writing, “I am a terrible mother,” she wrote, “You are a terrible mother.” She proceeded with, “Your son will grow up hating you….
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…e high, and my anxiety suddenly went through the roof. My sister, Dr. Lisa Firestone, taught me the 4-7-8 breathing technique and suggested that I practice it whenever I started to get anxious. The first day, I must have done the breathing exercise a dozen times, feeling a little calmer each time. The next day, I did it four or five times. By the third day, I was feeling so much better, I only needed to use the exercise once. Whenever I get anxiou…
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…to shield the child from that which is unpredictable.” According to Robert Firestone, such parents are also “characteristically warm, affectionate, and sensitive in feeding and caring for their children and offer them control, direction, and guidance as well.” Childhood experiences that contribute to trust issues There are numerous aversive childhood experiences that contribute to children’s mistrust and lack of confidence. For example, parents’ i…
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…e more distance. Catching on to these patterns, which Drs. Robert and Lisa Firestone call “selection, distortion, and provocation” can help people who have a fear of abandonment make better choices that can help them create more security. How can we overcome fear of abandonment and change our attachment patterns? Fortunately, a person’s style of attachment is not fixed. We can develop earned secure attachment as adults in several ways. As Dr. Lisa…
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…ssue both men and women will battle from early in their lives. In Dr. Lisa Firestone’s own research, she found that the most common self-critical thought people have toward themselves is that they are different from everyone else – not in a positive sense, but in some negative, alienating way. Why is low self-esteem so prevalent? Why are we so insecure? Insecurity affects every one of us. It seeps in and impacts different areas of our lives from o…
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…Prevention Advice The Glendon Association “Save a Life” Brochure Dr. Lisa Firestone’s “The Warning Signs of Suicide” &“Suicide: How You Can Help Someone at Risk” TeenSuicide.us – “Teen Suicide Warning Signs” &”Teenage Suicide Prevention” HealthyPlace.com “Suicide and Teenagers” &”Teen Depression: What Parents Need to Know” “Teens Under Pressure” Dr.Phil recently aired a show on teen suicide prevention in which PsychAlive’s Dr. Lisa Firestone disc…
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…cissistic relationship, we’ve interviewed psychologist and author Dr. Lisa Firestone. How Can You Tell if You Are in a Narcissistic Relationship? When thinking about narcissism, I’m often reminded of the joke when someone goes on and on about themselves, then interrupts with, “But enough about me, how do you feel about me?” If your partner is all about themselves, always needing attention and affirmation, he or she may be a narcissist. If someone…
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…blog “Silence the Inner Voice That’s Stressing You Out,” psychologist Lisa Firestone states, “Many of us feel concern when we have more things we need to do or want to do than we believe we can get done. Very often, however, we are placing too much pressure on ourselves and setting our expectations too high. In effect we are setting ourselves up, and literally scheduling ourselves out, to get stressed.” The “critical inner voice” is an internal co…
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…ives your children the permission to feel safe, secure and joyful, knowing someone so significant to their lives feels the same. Read more from Dr. Lisa Firestone at PsychAlive.org Join Dr. Lisa Firestone for an eCourse on Parenting…
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