Help Your Clients Stop Self-Defeating Behaviors

by Joseph R. Sanok, MA, LLP, LPC, NCCA better life, Joe's Blog, Recovery and Addictions, UncategorizedPosted on No Comments

By: Steve Greenman, MA, LPC, NCC “All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.” Vernon Howard What are Self-Defeating Behaviors?  In their book, Going Home: A Positive Emotional Guide for Promoting Life-Generating Behaviors (Honu Publications 2005), Drs. Gregory and Lori Boothroyd state that “self–defeating behaviors are any behavior or …

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Self-Esteem: Set-Up for Success or Failure

by Joseph R. Sanok, MA, LLP, LPC, NCCA better life, Joe's Blog, Parenting, Recovery and AddictionsPosted on No Comments

By: Steve Greenman, MA, LPC, NCC   Many people go through life expecting the worst. Alfred Alder, the 19th century Austrian psychotherapist, stated: “Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.” But you can help your clients change their perceptions of themselves and the world and, as …

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