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"I Do Until I Don’t" The Truth Behind Celebrity Marriage

…hen couples lose intimacy and emotional connections. According to Dr. Lisa Firestone, many couples maintain a fantasy bond in their relationships. This bond is an illusion of closeness and connection, but it is a fantasy version of love. In this way, couples preserve an imagination of love while keeping emotional distance from each other. This bond typically develops as couples fall out of love, yet they protect themselves by maintaining an illusi…

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A New Approach to Violence Treatment: An Interview with Dr. James Gilligan

…part of an exclusive interview series with Dr. James Gilligan and Dr. Lisa Firestone. Dr. James Gilligan is a renowned violence expert, and has contributed years of research to the treatment of some of California’s most violent prisoners. Additionally, he served as an expert witness in the litigation that was subject of the Supreme Court decision in Plata V. Brown. Dr. James Gilligan on Love and the Soul The human soul, the human psyche, needs lov…

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Violence, youth violence, PTSD

A Gender Sensitive Approach to Violence

…, to engaging in violence in this exclusive interview series with Dr. Lisa Firestone. I’m a clinical psychologist and for thirty-five years, I had been involved at the University of Waterloo, which is near Toronto and we have developed what are called cognitive-behavioral procedures to work with children, adolescents, and adults. In fact, we developed a procedure called stress-inoculation training, which is the best evidence- based intervention in…

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CE Webinar – Love in the Age of Twitter

Presenters: Dr. Pat Love and Dr. Lisa Firestone Price: $15 Length: 90 Minutes 1.5 CE Credits available for an additional $15 purchase It’s not your imagination, 21st Century love relationships are more difficult to maintain. While 90 percent of young people still say that marriage is in their long-term plans, if trends continue, only half will be able to even come close to that goal. Relationships in general and marriage in particular, is more di…

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Ways to Improve Your Relationship

…Dr. Lisa Firestone explains some key changes you can make to achieve a closer, more honest and loving form of relating with your partner….

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VIDEO: “Everyone’s already enlightened, only they don’t know it.”

In her interview with PsychAlive Senior Editor Lisa Firestone, Dr. Donna Rockwell talks about becoming enlightened. Watch or read the interview below. Woody Allen has this great line where he says that everybody’s already happy, only they don’t know it. You know, and that’s what I say, too. Everyone’s already enlightened, only they don’t know it. And you know when you get in the plane and it’s cloudy and dark and you say, “What an awful day this…

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Teen Suicide Prevention: Counselors and Mental Health Professionals

…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 practitioner de…

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Helpful Tips on Ending a Fight

…There are things we can change in ourselves that will put a stop to endless arguments and pointless fights with our partners. Dr. Lisa Firestone talks about one of the best techniques for getting along in our relationships….

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The Fantasy Bond, fear of intimacy, psychalive, the glendon association

The Fantasy Bond

…The question of why love fades can be explained by the concept of the fantasy bond. Dr. Lisa Firestone helps us understand how and why this form of relating hurts our intimate relationships….

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Why We Keep Making the Same Bad Choices

…How often find do we find ourselves choosing the same type of partner or winding up in the same seemingly unworkable relationship? Dr. Lisa Firestone explains some of the reasons we make the choices we do, and how this impacts the dynamics in our relationships. Are we choosing the wrong person, or are we sabotaging our chance to get what we really want?…

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