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Emotional eating plagues millions of Americans. They feel ashamed and frustrated because diet after diet doesn't work. Diets won't work if your eating habits are hijacked by emotions. Learn about ways to address emotional eating and develop more effective coping skills to help you feel better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While the holidays are supposed to be filled with joy, for many people, the holidays bring with them anger, depression, isolation and relapse. In this podcast we provide some practical tools to prevent holiday stress and subsequent relapse traps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Losses encompass more than death or a person or loss of property. Failure to acknowledge losses can cause unhelpful reactions in similar future situations. Helping clients learn how to identify and address grief can help them more easily work through losses in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reviews a variety of practical tips, tools and techniques to help defuse and deal with anger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn why you get angry, the benefits and consequences of getting angry and how to start making a change to let go some of the unnecessary upset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emotion Efficacy Therapy is a manualized, 8-week treatment protocol based on research of three foundational ideas for its treatment structure and content ~ A transdiagnostic approach is the most effective way to treat clients with emotion problems ~ Transemotional learning, which involves all four components of emotion, is essential to learning ~ New learning is enhanced in an activated state Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many clients are very skilled at cognitive behavioral therapy, but are still overcome with anger, anxiety or depression. Many of these clients are highly self-critical and guilt-laden. Compassion Focused Therapy explores the reasons clients may be unable to self-soothe and/or be self-compassionate, and provides tools to help clients overcome their fears of contentment, abandonment and compassion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aromatherapy, Meditation and Guided Imagery can all be used to address stress, anxiety, depression, anger, sleep problems and addictive behaviors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Motivation is the reason we do things. The greater the motivation, the more likely people are to begin and persevere on a task in the face of challenges. This presentation identifies a way of enhancing and maintaining motivation for different people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery: Mindfulness and Relaxation For the Family Presented by: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes Executive Director, AllCEUs Continuing Education (CE) credits can be earned for this presentation at https://allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/id/576/c/ Objectives ~   Review the function of mindfulness and a variety of mindfulness techniques ~   Explore the concept of relaxation ~   Identify different methods of relaxation […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery: Hardiness and Resilience Presented by: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes Executive Director, AllCEUs Continuing Education (CE) credits can be earned for this presentation at https://allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/id/576/c/ Objectives ~   Define resilience ~   Identify characteristics that make people more resilient and ways we can enhance those characteristics ~   Define Hardiness ~   Examine what hardiness is important […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shaping means gradually altering someone's behavior by rewarding incremental changes, for example walking to jogging to running. Chaining means examining the behaviors, stimuli, reinforces and punishments leading up to a behavior. Backwards chaining means examining behaviors in revers to see how the person got here. It can be helpful in identifying triggers for upset, as well as interventions or behaviors the person currently uses to avoid the upset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Understanding Behavior Modification part 2 we examine how reinforcement and punishment can be used to motivate behavior, and as a tool in motivational interviewing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Behavior modification is an excellent tool to help understand what triggers people's behavior. In this presentation we examine how it can be useful in a clinical setting and begin exploring the concept of conditioned and unconditioned stimuli. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MindLESSness often leads to ignoring small stressors and running on autopilot until you crash and burn. Mindfulness helps you stay focused on how you are feeling, address vulnerabilities and make sure you are enjoying life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Temperament helps people understand what environments are stressful for them, what environments are energy producing, how they view and conceptualize the world (details vs. big picture), what motivates them (logic or feelings),and how they prefer to manage time(structured vs. spontaneous). By ensuring behavior change plans, living environments and treatment are provided in a way that most closely matches people's individual needs we can ensure the greatest likelihood of success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adult learners have so many other competing demands it is important to present information that is easily received and meaningful and learning experiences are flexible. Whether people are learning skills for a new job, a new hobby, or skills for recovery from addiction and depression, it is vital to make the learning process as efficient and effective as possible. Everyone can learn, but everyone learns differently. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Much distress is caused by people seeking validation and acceptance from others, because they cannot or do not know how to provide it to themselves. Self-Esteem is how people feel about themselves. By developing self-esteem anxiety, fears of abandonment and depression can be reduced and relationships with others, energy and overall well-being can be improved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By understanding the origins of distress, we are better able to deal with distress. Counseling Theories assert that problems stem from ineffective relationships or thoughts in adulthood. Personality Theories speculate that distress stems from more innate, long standing problems often starting in childhood Learning Theories emphasize the fact that distress and behavior is learned from […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happiness Isn-t Brain Surgery: Understanding Addiction Presented by: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes Executive Director, AllCEUs Continuing Education (CE) credits for addiction and mental health counselors, social workers and marriage and family therapists can be earned for this presentation at https://allceus.com/member/cart?c=3 Objectives – Learn about addiction – Prevalence – Cause – Functions of addiction – Develop an […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices