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		<title>Affiliate Program for Therapists, Counselors and Coaches:  Therapy-At-Home Workbooks®</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time I’m offering therapists, counselors and coaches an opportunity to join my affiliate program for my digital (downloadable e-books) Therapy-At-Home Workbooks® line.  Previously, I’d hand-picked a few people to sell the workbooks as I felt it important to establish relationships with folks before engaging in a business relationship such as this.  But since, a [...]


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		<title>Join me on Twitter:  Mindfulness, Resilience, Happiness and Connecting Couples at Psychotherapy Networker Symposium 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love therapy conferences &#8211; and I love learning.  A &#8220;big daddy&#8221; of conferences is on next week, the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium held this year in Washington DC.  I&#8217;ve never attended this particular conference and I&#8217;m really looking foward to it as it&#8217;s chock full of wise heavy-hitters in the field of individual and relationship [...]


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		<title>Mental Health / Emotional Health / Relationship Health Article Submission</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mental health, relationship therapy, certified coaching professionals and those with personal stories to educate others (survivors) only  - submit your articles for possible inclusion in The Toolbox at LisaKifttherapy.com.   Here are just a few of the articles by other professionals currently in The Toolbox: The Neuroscience of Resilience Series by Linda Graham, MFT A Simple Formula to Keep Love and Intimacy Alive [...]


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		<title>Does Premarital Counseling Work?  A Recent Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Amanda Verzello of Brigham Young University who brought a resent study done there to my attention;  on the effectiveness of premarital education.  The conclusion they came to is a mixed bag &#8211; &#8220;yes,&#8221; for improving communication and &#8220;no&#8221; for improvement in relationship quality or satisfaction.  They point out that the reason why there may be [...]


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		<title>The Therapist Consultation Room: Rigidity vs Chaos and Mindfulness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was another fantastic therapist peer consultation group yesterday led by Linda Graham, MFT.  To be held in such emotional safety and security amongst this small group of women is an experience I am truly grateful for - as well for the wealth of knowledge and insight that pours out of Linda, a woman passionate [...]


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		<title>AAAPDP on Psychotherapy, Trauma and Borderline Personality Disorder</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 14:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended the AAAPDP (American Academy of Psychoanalytic and Dynamic Psychiatry) annual meeting in New Orleans as a guest of my father who was also to present a paper.  Being the only MFT amongst psychiatrists who are psychodynamically trained was fascinating to observe on a number of levels.  One thing that was interesting was to watch this [...]


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		<title>In a Sea of Marriage and Relationship Advice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 22:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel like a tiny buoy bobbing up and down in a sea of marriage and relationship advice.  I love that there are so many wonderful resources out there &#8211; by trained professionals (therapists, counselors, psychologists, some coaches) who know a think or two about marriage / relationship dynamics.  I&#8217;m less concerned about becoming smaller in the ocean as [...]


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		<title>The Therapist Consultation Room: Adaptations to Stress and Rewiring the Brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We started by checking in &#8211; as we always do.  I&#8217;m enjoying the level of safety that has been created by us five women in this group.  Several have some very intense personal things going on and it&#8217;s clear we all feel emotionally held and secure with each other.  We reviewed the assigned chapters from [...]


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		<title>Therapists:  A Couples Therapy Conundrum</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d love to get some dialogue going from therapists around the following: How do you proceed with a couple who presents to counseling and one person&#8217;s goal is to rebuild the relationship &#8211; and the other is to get out the most smoothly?  Both parties are rigidly set on their own goals &#8211; and both [...]


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		<title>The Therapist Consultation Room: Parent-Child Pairs, Mirror Neurons and Embracing Shame</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After checking in, we discussed our reading assignment, chapters 6-8 in Being a Brainwise Therapist by Bonnie Badenoch.  We covered a bit about how we therapists can call upon the inner community &#8211; in particular the internalization of parent-child pairs (neuroscience showing us how this works through the resonance circuits that link us with one another) as [...]


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