Getting Through Hard Times
It’s easy to love when we are blissfully happy, when we are in love and everything is running smoothly, but love is tested in hard times developed in crisis and reaches its full maturity when unexpected tragedies unfold. So, although we never seek or welcome tragedy, we need to remember that there is a hidden…
Intentional Dialogue – Imago Relationship Therapy Explained
Intentional Dialogue – Imago Relationship Therapy Explained by Robin Newman, LCSW Every couple starts off the same way with an intentional dialogue: Knee to Knee. Heart to Heart. Eye to Eye. You must face each other during an important dialogue. It’s very important to check in. Ask if now is a good time to talk…
Stress Counseling with LCSW Robin Newman
We all know (in our rational / prefrontal brain) that stress isn’t a good thing in anxiety, but yet we still do it, right? We still feel it.. So it’s going into that second place and saying, okay, I know it’s not good, so maybe I need to try looking at it from this perspective…
Irrational Beliefs Theory
The Becks Model – Underlying Schema Early experiences, subconscious thoughts, unconscious thoughts, things again, that family and culture have taught us that we carry with us into a cognitive distortion. So he agreed with Ellis, and believed in his irrational beliefs theory. Albert Ellis was an American psychologist who in 1955 developed Rational Emotive Behavior…
BEHAVIORAL THERAPY: It’s a theory, but it’s a therapy.
Burrhus Frederic Skinner, commonly known as B.F. Skinner, was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher who touched upon behavioral therapy. So what does Skinner say? Behaviors are learned. Behavioral therapy believes that behavior can be unlearned. Change is really hard. So this therapy is a learning process. What it’s focusing on is…
Narrative Therapist
The role of the narrative therapist is to enlist the client’s problem solving capacities by focusing on successful ways that they’ve coped in the past. Robin Newman, LCSW teaching at Adelphi University about the role of a narrative therapist in social work. < Watch more videos of social worker and adjunct professor Robin Newman >
Tara Brach
“Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it suddenly lunges at you, teeth bared. You are frightened and angry. But then you notice that one of its legs is caught in a trap. Immediately your mood shifts from anger to concern:…
Harville Hendrix
Consciousness is Key – When we are unaware of the unconscious agenda of romantic love, it is a disaster, for our childhood scenarios inevitably repeat themselves with the same devastating consequences. There is method to this madness, though. The unconscious recreation of the ambiance of childhood has the express purpose of bringing this old impasse…
“Selective Abstraction”
Selective Abstraction – another cognitive error. Licensed social worker, Robin Newman, LCSW, speaking about selective abstraction at her class at Adelphi University, Graduate School of Social Work ONE DETAIL can get taken out of context between two people – the story goes south and becomes a total experience. Don’t let this small detail get in…
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Getting The Love You Want Couples Workshops – JAN FEB MAR 2019 Rediscover the joy you once had in your relationship. Renew the vision for your relationship. Restore the passion in your love life. Getting The Love You Want Couples Workshops – JAN, FEB, MAR 2019 “My approach towards couples is oriented not only towards…
