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Free Webinars for Mental Health Awareness Month

…eople struggling every day. In this one-hour online presentation, Dr. Lisa Firestone will share valuable information on various methods that have been proven to help alleviate symptoms of depression.     How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself Each of us has an “inner critic” judging our every action and instructing us on how to live our lives. This Webinar with Dr. Lisa Firestone can help individuals stop self-sabotaging by learning to recognize their in…

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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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The Art of Wellness: Strategies to Maintain Your Mental Health

…more empowered and less alone on your path. In this presentation, Dr. Lisa Firestone and Kevin Hines will discuss tools and strategies individuals can utilize to maintain their mental health. Dr. Lisa Firestone will offer her professional expertise throughout the webinar, discussing important topics in mental health, including suicidality and suicide prevention. Kevin Hines will offer a different perspective on mental health and wellness, drawing…

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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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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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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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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 Voice of Addiction

…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 influence addictive behavior. Dr. Firestone will further emphasize the importance of helping individuals…

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The Key to Better Parenting

…ey break harmful patterns and become better parents to their children? Dr. Firestone will illustrate an approach to parenting that professionals can use to help their clients understand their own emotions and sensitively handle the emotions of their children throughout various developmental stages. This Webinar will provide information about the intergenerational transmission of attachment, attunement, emotional regulation, emotional hunger versus…

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How to Get Over a Breakup

…lationship is often the result of our having created a fantasy bond,” said Firestone. A couple forms a fantasy bond, usually unconsciously, as a way to feel that they’re not alone, while remaining emotionally distanced from each other. The relationship is often marked by less physical affection, less real, personal relating, fewer acts of kindness, more deadening routines and increased defensiveness. The patterns a couple falls into can ultimately…

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