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Addiction: The Causes of Abuse and Dependence And How to Break the Cycle

…reatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse (Guilford Substance Abuse) by Lisa M. Najavits, PhD Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors: A Clinician’s Guide, by Lisa Ferentz For Adolescents, Adults and Health Care Providers Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope and Healing by Lisa Ferentz Recovery Support Groups Alcoholics Anonymous Al-Anon Al-Ateen Adult Children of Alcoholics Women for Sobriety SMART Recov…

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breaking the fantasy bond with our mothers, psychalive, mothers day 2012, mother daughter conflict,

Breaking the Fantasy Bond with Our Mothers

…ther, the assets may wither or may be overbalanced by the liability of the fear of being a woman.” Feelings of fear and guilt in relation to her mother can cause a woman to turn her back on her own personal goals, to retreat from her sexuality, or to withdraw from being close to her partner. Women who pull back in these ways feel bound to their mothers, not by a genuine sense of closeness, but by an imagined connection or fantasy bond that was a s…

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

…mediately. I mean, people, they couldn’t function. I would say the deepest fear that human beings have as I have seen it, as I have observed it over the years is the fear of the disintegration of the self. Dr. James Gilligan on Violence The main social and economic causes of violence – and I’ll add political causes – are those that divide the population into the superior and the inferior, the strong and the weak, the rich and the poor. The more hi…

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Courage, assertiveness, critical inner voice, vulnerability, Dr. Robert Firestone, Psychalive

A New Slant on Vulnerability: Courage Not Conformity

…ual courage and dedication, because we tend to feel considerable guilt and fear when we break with tradition. It increases our feelings of aloneness and isolation. We are also faced with the threat of retaliation from others, because the views we stand for are different from those of the majority and may arouse their existential anxiety. FB: An archetypal example of courage in our society is the cowboy who rides into town and protects it from outl…

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Overcoming Relationship Anxiety

…but actually hurt or limit our current relationships. In this Webinar, Dr. Lisa Firestone will shed light on why we experience relationship anxiety. Where do our fears come from? She will introduce the concept of attachment theory and explain how our early attachment patterns can shape our feelings and actions in our adult relationships. She will further explain the influence of the “critical inner voice,” a negative thought process we internalize…

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The Value of Sadness

…that we need our pure and real feelings, because they connect us to ourselves, what we love and what we want. Read more from Dr. Lisa Firestone at PsychAlive.org…

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Want to get help now?

…e Glendon Association – Suicide and Self Destructive Behavior American Association of Suicidology Read: PsychAlive’s Suicide Prevention Advice Page “Something to Lose” Dr. Lisa Firestone’s blog, Suicide: The Warning Signs Dr. Lisa Firestone’s blog, Suicide: How Can You Help Someone at Risk…

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Why We See Ourselves Negatively

…cal inner voices in families, father and daughter psychologists Robert and Lisa Firestone, were taken aback by how similar the negative thoughts expressed by parents were to those of their adolescent and adult children. Without hearing each other name their critical inner voices, parents and children would often say almost the exact same things about themselves, sometimes practically word for word. Wherever our self-critical attitudes come from, w…

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A Way Out of Loneliness

…tionally deadened way of being and living.” In this 90-minute Webinar, Dr. Lisa Firestone will explore how a person’s defenses and their critical inner voice perpetuate their feelings of alienation. She will examine the true roots of loneliness. Why do people turn against themselves? How can they overcome the self-critical thoughts and self-sabotaging behaviors that perpetuate the cycle of solitude? In her Webinar, Dr. Firestone will explain how i…

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Become a Better Parent by Understanding Yourself

…eceived, you will be emailed a full video recording of this webinar along with all presentation materials. There are NO CEs offered for this webinar. Join Dr. Lisa Firestone for the online course: Get an additional $10 off with the code: betterparent…

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