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Reexamining the Stories We Tell Ourselves

How to work with the narratives that sustain your client’s suffering

Sad woman with heavy wrecking ball suffering from negative self-narratives Inside every client lives a story about who they are — a story shaped by early experiences, trauma, and the meanings they’ve made along the way.

But sometimes, that story can feed into patterns of self-blame, rigidity, and despair.

So, we asked 27 leading experts to share their best strategies for transforming stories that sustain suffering into stories that support healing. And in this course, they’ll show you how to:

Gently loosen rigid thought patterns (while honoring your client’s lived experience)
Navigate moments when new insights collapse back into old narratives
Help your client understand why the mind clings to painful self-beliefs
Create new stories that foster compassion, resilience, and agency

Because when clients can tell a new story about who they are, lasting healing can begin. Presenting:

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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For This Short Course, We Brought Together Some of the Top Experts in the Field

Bessel van der Kolk, MD

Neuroscientist and Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University Medical School. Author of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma.

Stephen Porges, PhD

Developer of Polyvagal Theory; Distinguished University Scientist at the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University Bloomington and Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

Pat Ogden, PhD

Pioneer in Somatic Psychology; Founder and Director of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (SPI); Co-founder of the Hakomi Institute; Author of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment.

Peter Levine, PhD

Founder of Somatic Experiencing; Author of Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past: A Practical Guide for Understanding and Working with Traumatic Memory.

Dan Siegel, MD

Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute; Co-Director of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center; author of Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation and The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician’s Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration.

Shelly Harrell, PhD

Licensed psychologist specializing in multicultural and community psychology; Professor of Psychology in the Graduate School of Education at Pepperdine University.

Richard Schwartz, PhD

Founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and The Center for Self Leadership; Author of Introduction to Internal Family Systems.

Steven Hayes, PhD

Creator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT); Nevada Foundation Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Terry Real, MSW, LICSW

Founder of the Relational Life Institute; Author of I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression and The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Make Love Work.

Kelly McGonigal, PhD

Health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University; Author of The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You and How to Get Good At It and The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It.

Zindel Segal, PhD

A founder of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT); Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto.

Bonnie Goldstein, PhD

Founder and Director of the Lifespan Psychological Center; Co-author of Understanding, Diagnosing, and Treating AD/HD in Children and Adolescents.

Judson Brewer MD PhD

Founder of Claritas MindSciences; Formative leader in combining mindfulness and neurofeedback techniques for working with addiction; Author of The Craving Mind.

Melanie Greenberg PhD

Clinical Psychologist and Author of The Stress-Proof Brain.

Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT

Founder of the PACT Training Institute and developer of a Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT).

Ron Siegel, PsyD

Assistant Professor of Psychology, part time, Harvard Medical School; Author of The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems and Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy.

Deany Laliotis, LICSW

Director of Training at EMDR Institute; Specialist in treatment of traumatic stress disorders and attachment issues; author of chapters and articles on EMDR therapy.

Kelly Wilson, PhD

Co-author of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change; Founder of OneLife Education Training, LLC.

Christine Padesky, PhD

Co-founder of the Center for Cognitive Therapy in Huntington Beach, California; Co-creator of Strengths-Based CBT; Co-author of Mind Over Mood and Collaborative Case Conceptualization.

Resmaa Menakem MSW LICSW SEP

Expert on conflict and violence; Teacher of Cultural Somatics; Former Director of Counseling Services for the Tubman Family Alliance; Former Behavioral Health Director for African American Family Services in Minneapolis.

Rick Hanson, PhD

Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley; New York Times bestselling author of Hardwiring Happiness and Buddha’s Brain.

Michael Yapko, PhD

Leading expert in clinical hypnosis and treating depression; Clinical psychologist and author of 15 books including his newest books, The Discriminating Therapist and Keys to Unlocking Depression.

Bill O’Hanlon, LMFT

Co-developer of Solution-Oriented Therapy; Psychotherapist, speaker, and author of Do One Thing Different: Ten Simple Ways to Change Your Life.

Lynn Lyons, LICSW

Author of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous & Independent Children, clinical social worker and psychotherapist specializing in anxiety in adults and children.

Miguel Gallardo, PsyD

Licensed Psychologist specializing in multicultural and social justice; Associate Professor at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology; author of Case Studies in Multicultural Counseling and Therapy.

David Wallin, PhD

Clinical Psychologist; author of Attachment in Psychotherapy; Lecturer on attachment and psychotherapy.

Deb Dana, LCSW

Coordinator of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium at the Kinsey Institute; Developer of the Rhythm of Regulation Clinical Training Series; author of Polyvagal Theory in Therapy.

Laurel Parnell, PhD

Leading expert in Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR); Author of Attachment-Focused EMDR: Healing Relational Trauma.

Sue Johnson, EdD

Creator of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT); Founder and Director of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy.

Course Instructors

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.

Ashley Vigil-Otero, PsyD

Dr. Ashley Vigil-Otero is a licensed clinical psychologist and program developer at NICABM. Her education and experience include training at Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance and Vanderbilt University. Dr. Vigil-Otero has a private practice in Florida, where she specializes in compassion-oriented psychotherapy with clients across the lifespan. She is passionate about raising public awareness on mental health, resilience, and well-being.

Here's What You'll Get:

Everything is yours to keep forever in your professional library

	Downloadable videos so you can watch at your convenience, on any device
	Audio recordings you can download and listen to at home, in the car, at the gym or wherever you like
	TalkBack Segments to distill key ideas (this is where we “land” the session)
	Next Week in Your Practice sessions to give you concrete strategies to use with clients
	Professionally-formatted transcripts of the sessions, to make review and action simple
	Three downloadable bonus videos to help clients rewrite their negative self-narratives