Identifiable Risk Factors After multiple instances of mass violence in the past year (Dallas, Orlando, San Bernardino, Colorado Springs, and Charleston, to name but a few), the ability to identify and treat individuals who are predisposed to violent behaviors is more vital than ever. Unfortunately, even mental health professionals are not very good at predicting …
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Dealing with Potentially Violent Clients
July 25th, 2016 | Posted by in Abuse | Counselor Education | Policy | Therapy | Workplace Issues - (Comments Off on Dealing with Potentially Violent Clients)For The New Year…Want to Be a Millionaire? Stop Your Toxic Girly Thoughts
January 8th, 2016 | Posted by in Addiction & Recovery | Girly Thoughts | Workplace Issues - (Comments Off on For The New Year…Want to Be a Millionaire? Stop Your Toxic Girly Thoughts)
Austin Geidt credits her road to sobriety with her success in developing Uber. But that’s not the whole story. Let’s understand what she is saying in terms of how this journey also helped her re-define herself as a woman. Her road to recovery had her going back to basics, dropping out of college, and getting …
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Is Trump Doing Women a Favor?
August 21st, 2015 | Posted by in Girly Thoughts | Women's Issues | Workplace Issues - (Comments Off on Is Trump Doing Women a Favor?)Even though we are 53 percent of the voting public, women do not always see things the same way. But no matter how different our views might be, one thing we do share is being a woman. This means we share similar health worries, have faced similar challenges in our personal lives, and have dealt …
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Embracing Your Inner Business Woman and Chucking Your Girly Thoughts!
May 12th, 2015 | Posted by in Body Image | Girly Thoughts | Health & Wellness | Women's Issues | Workplace Issues - (Comments Off on Embracing Your Inner Business Woman and Chucking Your Girly Thoughts!)I’m returning to the scene of the crime (the city I grew up in), New York City, to speak to fellow psychologists, and I’m inviting you to join me! Why? Because as women we all have girly thoughts, and together we can learn to identify them as well as strategize ways to eliminate them. I …
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A Brief Encounter with Sexual Politics . . . No Girly Thoughts Allowed
April 24th, 2015 | Posted by in Body Image | Girly Thoughts | Health & Wellness | Relationships | Women's Issues | Workplace Issues - (Comments Off on A Brief Encounter with Sexual Politics . . . No Girly Thoughts Allowed)Sexual politics run deep in our responses, even in casual meetings. We act like “dutiful little girls” in our responses, and in an almost instinctive reaction, we do to ourselves what society has taught us to do. This reaction, which I’ve named girly thoughts, is one I fight against, and I’ve coined the term and …
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How to Know if Your Girly Thoughts Are Holding You Back at Work: 6 Easy Steps
February 9th, 2015 | Posted by in Girly Thoughts | Health & Wellness | Women's Issues | Workplace Issues - (Comments Off on How to Know if Your Girly Thoughts Are Holding You Back at Work: 6 Easy Steps)When you hold yourself back, when you don’t assert the power of your position, share your information, offer your opinion, there is a price to be paid—and it is either paid in real time with negative consequences or paid down the line in a failure to really succeed. Are You Holding Yourself …
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Why Your Girly Thoughts Telling You to Be So Darn NICE at Work is a Problem
October 17th, 2014 | Posted by in Girly Thoughts | Women's Issues | Workplace Issues - (Comments Off on Why Your Girly Thoughts Telling You to Be So Darn NICE at Work is a Problem)
By Patricia O’Gorman, PhD Author of The Girly Thoughts 10-Day Detox Plan: The Resilient Woman’s Guide to Saying NO to Negative Self-Talk and YES to Personal Power (publication date 10.28.14) — a fun book about a serious topic The Resilient Woman: Mastering the 7 Steps to Personal Power (2013) Healing Trauma Through Self-Parenting—The Codependency Connection (2012) …
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