NICABM – How To Work With Negative Self-Narratives That Sustain Suffering

What you’ll learn in How to Work with Negative Self-Narratives That Sustain Suffering:

How to Work with Rigid Self-Narratives That Clients Feel Powerless to Change

Michael Yapko, PhD   Shelly Harrell, PhD

Christine Padesky, PhD   Melanie Greenberg, PhD   Bill O’Hanlon, LMFT

• An Experiential Exercise to Help Broaden the Scope of a Client’s Narrative
• A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Help Clients Envision Themselves Untethered from a Rigid Narrative
• How to Skillfully Help Clients Understand the Costs of Their Rigid Narratives (and the Benefits of Rewriting It)
• One Strategy to Use When Clients Revert Back to a Harmful Narrative (Even After Making Some Initial Progress)

How to Work with Trauma-Based Self-Narratives

Bessel van der Kolk, MD   Stephen Porges, PhD

Bonnie Goldstein, PhD   Deany Laliotis, LICSW   Rick Hanson, PhD

• One Specific Consequence of a Trauma-Based Narrative (and Psychoeducation That Can Help Deflect It)
• A 3-Step Process to Work with Trauma-Based Narratives That Make Suffering a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
• How to Help Clients Step into a New Narrative (Even After Trauma Made It Feel Impossible)

How to Work with Self-Narratives That Are Tied Directly to a Diagnosis

Lynn Lyons, LICSW   Ron Siegel, PsyD

Bill O’Hanlon, LMFT   Judson Brewer, MD, PhD   Kelly McGonigal, PhD

• Why More Clients Are Taking on Diagnoses as Part of Their Identity
• Practical Strategies to Create Distance Between Your Client’s Identity and Their Diagnosis
• The Specific Costs of Having an Identity That’s Bound Too Tightly to a Diagnosis
• Why Some Clients Cling to a Diagnosis-Based Identity (Even After They’re Aware of the Harmful Consequences)

Strategies to Help Clients Create More Positive Self-Narratives

Steven Hayes, PhD   Peter Levine, PhD

Christine Padesky, PhD   Kelly McGonigal, PhD   Judson Brewer, MD, PhD

• How Small Action Steps Can Help Create a More Positive Narrative (and a 5-Step Process to Help Clients Begin Making Those Steps)
• Why Reward-Based Learning Can Be Uniquely Suited to Help Rewrite Harmful Narratives
• Mindfulness Research That Can Help Direct Your Work in Shifting a Client’s Narrative
• One Strategy to Help Clients Write a More Positive Story About Their Future

A Parts Approach to Address Conflicting Self-Narratives

Richard Schwartz, PhD   Dan Siegel, MD   David Wallin, PhD

• How to Help Clients Make Sense of Multiple Narratives Competing for Dominance
• An Internal Family Systems Approach to Help Mediate Between Conflicting Narratives
• Case Study: How to Uncover and Work with a Client’s “Sub-Narratives”

Important Precautions for Working with a Client’s Self-Narrative

Miguel Gallardo, PsyD   Deany Laliotis, LICSW

Zindel Segal, PhD   Pat Ogden, PhD

• Specific Missteps That Can Push Clients Deeper into Their Narratives (and How to Avoid Them)
• How to Balance Between Invalidating and Over-Validating a Client’s Narrative
• Strategies to Help You Remain Calm and Effective When a Client’s Narrative Feels Overwhelming
• One Critical Assumption About Self-Narratives to Avoid

Strategies to Untangle the Origins of Your Client’s Painful Self-Narrative

Steven Hayes, PhD   Deany Laliotis, LICSW   Melanie Greenberg, PhD

Judson Brewer, MD, PhD   Kelly Wilson, PhD   Ron Siegel, PsyD

Rick Hanson, PhD

• Questions to Help Pinpoint the Origin of a Client’s Narrative
• Why the Specific Details of a Client’s Narrative are So Important to Uncover (and Practical Steps that Can Help)
• How to Determine If Your Client’s Seemingly Helpful Narrative Is Actually Holding Them Back

How to Work with Self-Narratives That Threaten to Derail Relationships

Terry Real, MSW, LICSW   Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT

• How to Work with Attachment-Based Narratives That Wreak Havoc on Relationships
• Strategies to Tease Apart Narratives That Drive a Wedge Between Couples
• How to Work with Couples Who Bring Conflicting Narratives to Therapy
• One Challenge of Treating Harmful Narratives That Is Often Heightened in Couples Work

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