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Welcome to: How to Work with Clients Who Blame

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Module 1: The Neurobiology of Blame

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The Neurobiology of Blame

Shelly Harrell, PhD Dan Siegel, MD Ron Siegel, PsyD
Rick Hanson, PhD Kelly McGonigal, PhD
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How to Work with Blame When a Client Has a History of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk, MD Rick Hanson, PhD
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Module 2: How to Work with Clients Who Externalize Their Blame

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How to Help Clients Move from Blame into Self-acceptance and Kindness

Ron Siegel, PsyD Chris Germer, PhD
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How the Loss of Mentalizing Fuels Blame

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The Missing Skill That Can Keep a Client Frozen in Blame

Marsha Linehan, PhD Michael Yapko, PhD Rick Hanson, PhD
Kelly McGonigal, PhD Ron Siegel, PsyD
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Module 3: How to Work with Blame That’s Protecting a Client From Shame

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How to Work with Clients Who Fear Self-Blame

Richard Schwartz, PhD Christine Padesky, PhD
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How to Reverse Black-and-White Thinking That Drives a Client’s Blame

Lynn Lyons, LICSW Kelly McGonigal, PhD Joan Borysenko, PhD
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Module 4: Practical Strategies to Help Clients Break the Patterns of Blame

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How to Disrupt Blame in Rigid Thinkers

Terry Real MSW, LICSW Ron Siegel, PsyD
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Helping Clients Avoid Blame Traps

Kelly McGonigal, PhD Zindel Segal, PhD
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Four Practical Skills to Spark Change in Others

Bill O’Hanlon, LMFT Joan Borysenko, PhD
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Module 5: Blame and Relationships

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How to Work with Blame That Poisons Intimate Relationships

Stan Tatkin, PsyD MFT Ron Siegel, PsyD Richard Schwartz, PhD
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A Bottom-Up Approach to Restore a Relationship Shattered by Blame

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Module 6: How to Help Clients Shift from a Blaming Mindset to a Growth Mindset

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Avoiding Common Missteps When Working with Blame

Shelly Harrell, PhD Rick Hanson, PhD
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How to Prevent Resentment and Guide Clients to Growth

Michael Yapko, PhD
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Bonus 1: Working with Blame in Clients Who Have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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Christine Padesky, PhD Lynn Lyons, LICSW
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Bonus 2: An Interactive Strategy to Help Couples Detach From Blame

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Ellyn Bader, PhD
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Extra Bonus
How do you cope with stress?

Bonus 3: A Step-By-Step Approach to Restore the Mentalizing Lost to Blame

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Peter Fonagy, PhD
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Bonus 4: How to Avoid Enacting the Same Blame Pattern You’re Trying to Change

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Stephen Porges, PhD Rick Hanson, PhD
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Research studies mentioned in the program:

Racial Microagressions in Everyday Life
Adaptive Responses to Racial Microagressions
Attending to the present: mindfulness meditation reveals distinct neural modes of self-reference

Course Director

Ruth Buczynski, PhD

Dr. Ruth Buczynski is a licensed psychologist and founder and president of The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM). NICABM helps physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and counselors – practitioners who have some of the most significant and life-changing missions on the planet – provide cutting-edge, research-based treatment strategies to their patients. For more than 35 years, NICABM has offered accredited training and professional development programs to thousands of practitioners worldwide.




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