The Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy, Training & Education, Inc
January 2015
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Lisa's Blog: Making Simple Resolutions Last in 2015
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Spring 2015 Programs and Trainings
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Lisa's Podcasts - Inspired Journeys
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Message from Lisa Ferentz LCSW-C, DAPA  

Founder and President

 

Dear Friends,

 

Although this is the time of year when the Institute takes its two month break, I wanted to use our newsletter as a way to stay in touch and to communicate my warmest and sincerest wishes for a New Year that brings you good health, personal and professional growth, joyful moments with friends and family, quiet moments for reflection and insight, and opportunities for new, creative, and exciting adventures! Since this time of year we are almost conditioned to focus on New Year's resolutions, I decided to offer some thoughts on that subject in this month's blog. I hope these thoughts are useful to you and your clients. Happy New Year and I look forward to seeing you all in March!  


Warmest Regards,
    
Lisa Ferentz

 
 
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Making Simple Resolutions last in 2015
by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA

In addition to the noisemakers and fireworks, it's kind of a given that ringing in the New Year is supposed to be accompanied by a long list of resolutions that we commit to honoring in the coming year. They typically focus on self-improvement and are designed to make us better, thinner, healthier, wealthier, happier, etc. While 75% of us cling to our resolutions through the first week in January, the sad truth is, only 8% of us actually achieve our New Year's goals. I'd like to offer my own thoughts about what you could focus on and how you can go about accomplishing your resolutions for 2015.   
Clinician Resources


 

The New Year's Resolution Journal, by Michele Costello

The New Year's Resolution Journal gives you lots of ways to get your resolutions down on paper--fast. With short reflections and just a few minutes a day, you can keep your momentum and your resolution. 

 

New Years Resolutions: 40 Apps to Help you Achieve Them! Year in, Year out, we make resolutions to better ourselves in terms of getting rid of poor habits, picking up good ones, taking better care of ourselves and the people around us, learning to manage our lives better etc. Here you'll find a plethora of apps that will help you monitor and accomplish the goals you set forth for yourself.

 

 

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The Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy Training and Education, Inc. is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland. CEU approval for all trainings is also granted to Psychologists, LCPC's and MFT's. In addition, reciprocity has been granted for clinicians in Washington, D.C., Virginia, and West Virginia.