Essential Skills for Restoring Secure Attachment for Your Clients (and for You)
I hope the past year has been meaningful and rich for you with connections and love. I want to thank you with all my heart for being part of my life and I feel grateful for our shared commitment to bringing healing and presence into the lives of everyone who comes to us for help. You and many of my [...]
Eye Gaze Exercise
Multitasking might not be not as desirable a skill as we are led to believe. Many people are proud of their ability to multitask, but maybe not such a great thing. It’s bad for the brain and interferes with our ability to truly focus. Research from Stanford University revealed that people who multitask are less efficient and more distracted than [...]
Avoidant Adaptation in Attachment theory
On the road again for fun and learning! I have just finished a historic tour of Spanish moss-filled Savannah – full of Southern hospitality, home of the Girl Scouts, Forrest Gump, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, tumultuous scandals, and tragic Civil War deaths. Perfect for the trauma resolution specialist with a hankering to help folks with their [...]
Dan Siegel MD Webinar: The Neurobiology of Mindfulness: How Being Present Can Change the Brain
Mindfulness can often be a catalyst for brain change, but can it even transform DNA? According to Dan Siegel, MD, training the mind to be present can increase the amount of a key enzyme in the body that keeps chromosomes healthy. This is fascinating stuff, and this Wednesday, Dr. Siegel will be joining my friends at NICABM to delve into [...]
Helping Clients cope with a Life-Changing Diagnosis
I’m writing from the airport as I’m waiting to board a plane back to USA, after a full teaching schedule in Italy… and I just cannot miss sharing with you about the weekly date with the Nicabm series, as it approaches an issue that many of my students have often been asking me about. When a client comes to us [...]
Trauma and Memory, Dr. Peter Levine
reprinted with permission. Memory: Gift and Curse Chapter 1: The Illusion of Memory Memory is the selection of images; some elusive; others printed indelibly on the brain. Each image is like a thread … each thread woven together to make a tapestry of intricate textures. And the tapestry tells a story. And the story is our past … Like others [...]
Mindfulness & Psychotherapy program featuring Ronald Siegel, PsyD
The Mindfulness and Psychotherapy program featuring Ronald Siegel, PsyD will only be available until midnight tonight through NICABM, so wanted to send a reminder for those interested in this topic. Ron is really a sensitive compassionate soul who I have witnessed sharing his magic, and practical, keys to deep exploration of our deep inner experience. We have connected personally at [...]
Disorganized Attachment – Interview with Dr. Stan Tatkin, PsyD & Diane Poole Heller Phd
(excerpt from an hour interview with Stan Tatkin) Diane: The wonderful thing about what I think you’re teaching therapists is that these are really skills that people can learn. Stan: Absolutely. Diane: So often we have the idea, when we come to a relationship, that we should somehow magically know, or there’s something wrong with us if we don’t know. [...]
Practicing Relationship Repairs
Fall is an interesting time of new beginnings, but often at the expense of neglecting what is broken—namely the broken connections in our attachments to our near and dear. The problem in relationships is not so much fighting per se, but how you repair after you fight. Immersed in the self-reflection inherent in winter, I hone my repair skills, because [...]
Rewiring the Brain
Hi, I just wanted to make sure you knew about this. The other day I let you know about something that I didn't think you'd want to miss - my friends at NICABM are offering their New Brain Science webinar series at its lowest price . . . . . . but only until midnight tonight. This series combines the [...]