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A Framework for Cultivating Integration

…cture (we think) to make a map of time. When the sun rises, they know I’ll feed them soon, and they are excited. Each meal is like the first time they’ve eaten. Yet we humans often compare what is happening now with what occurred before. We may know that today is unique, but we also know that we cannot be certain of anything that life may bring. We may long for certainty, but we know that we cannot predict or control the outcome of things. We also…

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Complex Forms of PTSD – CE Webinar Resources

…pcoming Webinars from PsychAlive. Read “Recognizing Complex Trauma” by Dr. Lisa Firestone About Christine Courtois, Ph.D. Christine A. Courtois, PhD, ABPP is a Psychologist in independent practice in Washington, DC where she is the principal of Courtois & Associates, PC. She received her PhD from the University of Maryland in College Park, in 1979. Dr. Courtois is immediate Past-President of Division 56 (Psychological Trauma) of the American Psych…

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Dr. Christine Courtois on Incest: VIDEO

…The following transcript contains part of an exclusive interview with Dr. Lisa Firestone and Dr. Christine Courtois. CC In my book revision for Healing the Incest Wound, I just wrote about the fact that I think that we don’t look enough at what families do to family members. And we always assume that – it’s much easier to assume that it’s stranger danger or it’s somebody outside the family grouping. And yet the data are very, very categorical tha…

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Dr. Christine Courtois on the Critical Inner Voice and Psych-Ache: VIDEO

…The following transcript contains part of an exclusive interview with Dr. Lisa Firestone and Dr. Christine Courtois. CC The whole issue of self-esteem and self-blame I find is so deeply embedded that it just takes a lot to be able to get there. You mentioned self-compassion. And a lot of the patients that I work with – they can’t get there. You say “compassion” and they’re sneeringly contemptuous of , “How can I be compassionate towards me?” And…

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Webinar Resources: Understanding Trauma from "Simple" to "Complex"

…pcoming Webinars from PsychAlive. Read “Recognizing Complex Trauma” by Dr. Lisa Firestone About Christine Courtois, Ph.D. Christine A. Courtois, PhD, ABPP is a Psychologist in independent practice in Washington, DC where she is the principal of Courtois & Associates, PC. She received her PhD from the University of Maryland in College Park, in 1979. Dr. Courtois is immediate Past-President of Division 56 (Psychological Trauma) of the American Psych…

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Dr. Christine Courtois on the Concept of The Voice

…The following transcript contains part of an exclusive interview with Dr. Lisa Firestone and Dr. Christine Courtois. CC I think in the field of trauma that the idea of voice and internalized voice is very important and it’s had different terminology. Certainly “identification with the aggressor” being one of them in more analytic terms. But this is a term, you know, it reminded me of Milton Erikson in a sense – my voice goes with you. And that I…

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Dr. Christine Courtois on Complex Trauma and Cognitive Distortion: VIDEO

…The following transcript contains part of an exclusive interview with Dr. Lisa Firestone and Dr. Christine Courtois. CC I mean, I think that’s one of the fascinating things about this whole idea of complex trauma as well is — in one of the criteria subsumed — in one of the criteria is minimization. And that’s a cognitive distortion. And that you hear these stories and it’s curling your hair to hear the story and then the person says, “Aw, it wasn…

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Dr. Christine Courtois on Violence: VIDEO

…The following transcript contains part of an exclusive interview with Dr. Lisa Firestone and Dr. Christine Courtois. LF In working with people who have been violent, what do you think is the most important thing in terms of treatment just from your perspective? CC OK. Talking broadly I think, I would really want to look at their capacity for empathy and what I’ve found – and I don’t treat violent folks or perpetrators per se, but I think what’s a…

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The Ethics of Interpersonal Relationships

…bstractions. With sound scholarship, fresh thinking, and a friendly voice, Firestone and Catlett help us confront the most urgent questions of human existence and our relationships with each other. An invaluable resource to learn from, argue with, and think through who we are and want to be.” Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D., ABPP Diplomate in Clinical Psychology Author (with Melba Vasquez, Ph.D., ABPP) of * *Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling: A Practi…

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How Your Critical Inner Voice Gets in the Way of Love

…the way of our having a loving and gratifying relationship in our life. Read More in Tamsen Firestone’s upcoming book — Daring to Love: Move Beyond Fear of Intimacy, Embrace Vulnerability, and Create Lasting Connection…

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