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The Strange Relationship of Theories of Attachment and Differentiation Written by Jamie Kyne Ph. D. I was reading today at the office, in between sessions, on Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson’s website. They’ve got some good material there for therapists and clients...
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COUPLE THERAPY FRAMEWORKS by Daniel B. Wile, Ph.D. published at http://danwile.com/ Some therapists have a clearly articulated theory that they apply systematically to every couple they see. At the other end of the spectrum are the therapists who tailor their approach...
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The Stories Will Find Their Way Written by Kacey Silverstein I write this at the end of a long workday. I have sat with women in the grief and despair that rape brings and I have answered the crisis line, always wondering what will happen to the person at the other...
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Meaningful Activities Protect the Teen Brain From Depression by Olga Khazan published at www.theatlantic.com A new study of adolescents found that those who derive joy from selfless deeds were less likely to be depressed over time. Our entire lives, when...
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Interview with Adam Phillips: The Art of Nonfiction No. 7 Interviewed by Paul Holdengräber adapted from The Paris Review Adam Phillips was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1954. He was educated at Oxford, where he read English. Later he trained as a child psychotherapist...
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Does Depression Help Us Think Better? Written by Jonah Lehrer Why do people get depressed? At first glance, the answer seems obvious: the mind, like the flesh, is prone to malfunction. Once that malfunction happens — perhaps it’s an errant gene triggering a shortage...
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People sometimes wonder whether I “analyze” everyone I meet. This is usually asked with some fear that as a psychiatrist I can “see right through them” and instantly know things about their innermost thoughts they’d prefer to keep hidden. Although this is true (just...
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How to Land Your Kid in Therapy Why the obsession with our kids’ happiness may be dooming them to unhappy adulthoods. A therapist and mother reports. By LORI GOTTLIEB IF THERE’S ONE thing I learned in graduate school, it’s that the poet Philip Larkin was right. (“They...
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Masters of Love by Emily Esfahani Smith adapted from The Atlantic Magazine Every day in June, the most popular wedding month of the year, about 13,000 American couples will say “I do,” committing to a lifelong relationship that will be full of friendship, joy,...
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Emerging from the NPI Connections Retreat in spring 2014, the Community Building Action Group, led by Linda Odom, met over the summer to brainstorm ways to facilitate community and strengthen connection between new and veteran members of NPI. When discussing ways...
NPI at Night Member Mixer at East Nashville Beer WorksTue Jan 21 2025, 06:30pm CDT
February CE Meeting, "From fragmentation to freedom and wholeness: Healing from shame and high control religious groups through the lens of Somatic Experiencing and Internal Family Systems" Presented by Jessica R. Hyne, LPC-MHSP, SEPFri Feb 14 2025, 11:30am CST
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March CE Meeting "Treating Sexual Addiction" Presented by Dr. Laurie A. Miles, LCSW, DSW, CSAT-SFri Mar 14 2025, 11:30am CST
NPI at Night Member Mixer at East Nashville Beer Works
February CE Meeting, "From fragmentation to freedom and wholeness: Healing from shame and high control religious groups through the lens of Somatic Experiencing and Internal Family Systems" Presented by Jessica R. Hyne, LPC-MHSP, SEP
"Creating Meaningful Connections"
March CE Meeting "Treating Sexual Addiction" Presented by Dr. Laurie A. Miles, LCSW, DSW, CSAT-S