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Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health
The most powerful change strategy for children’s behavior problems is the parents increasing the focus on positive behavior and reinforcing those behaviors. A powerful ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health
The following is a poem from the book, Iron Man Family Outing: Poems about a More Conscious Transition into Manhood by Rick Belden. Rick’s poetry is brave, raw, shockin ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health
(Adapted from the new book, Emotional Freedom)
Emotional vampires are lurking everywhere and wear many different disguises–from needy relatives to workplace bullies. Whe ...
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We sometimes believe that if we are “good” people, good things will happen to us. This is not entirely true. While some people are intrinsically better at certain ...
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I am excited to announce big changes to the Mental Health Place - A Mental Health Blog. The reality is, I've been managing far too many blogs and websites - which for me has c ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex
Over the last few months I've talked about some changes to this blog; not only location but content. Notes from a Therapist's Chair holds a special place in my heart as it is ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex
Today is a good day! I just found an article I wrote listed as one of the " Top 10 Resources for What to Expect in Your First Counseling Session" on OrganizedWisdom ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex
How about a few tidbits on "couples communication?" Check out my latest post as the San Francisco Marriage and Relationships Examiner for Examiner.com! Relationship ...
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It's been no secret that I've been working on relaunching my primary website, The Toolbox at LisaKiftTherapy.com - the goal to create a more streamlined, easier to navigate, s ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex
Isn't it amazing how much the internet has impacted therapists? I'm talking about the way we operate in marketing (yes, therapists now "market) and often times, practice ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex
The recent passing of Michael Jackson inspired me to write several posts for my Examiner.com column about him in an attempt to shift away from the "drama" and media ...
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I had a reader ask me about how things have been going since my move from San Diego so I thought this would be a good opportunity to give everyone an update - especially consi ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex
I had a "first" with my two year old. He woke up in the middle of the night and said he was "scared" and wanted to "sleep with mama." I let him ...
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As I continue to struggle to stay active on this blog, I'm musing about the curious balance of work, family and life and general for me as a wife, mother, therapist, writer an ...
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How cool - and flattering! My oldest blog (this one), Notes from a Therapist's Chair: The Therapy and Counseling Blog got on a list of top 50 blogs - in the mental health cat ...
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What are people doing out there to take care of themselves? As a therapist and admitted over-achiever, I have to practice self care. In my case it's usually around not inter ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex
I want to share my post today as the San Francisco Marriage and Relationships Examiner for Examiner.com where I discussed borderline personality disorder. It's called, " ...
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Another post from your friendly neighborhood therapist and self-proclaimed "over-achiever." I'm happy to report my practice is picking up and I'm feeling inspired. ...
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Therapists and counselors - what's been your experience in this economy? I attended a conference this weekend put on by my local CAMFT chapter and several therapists I spoke ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex
There is no doubt that I exist somewhere on the "over-achiever" spectrum. Case in point, I have so much going on that I barely get time to post on this blog. Wheth ...
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