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Nonviolent Communication Training: Therapists, Coaches, Counseling Interns; March 1-4, 2018

Posted By Craig on Nov 28, 2017 in Adult Psychiatry, Career Counseling, Child Psychiatry, EMDR, For Coaches, For Therapists, Notes for the Family, Parenting, Relationships

Empathic Presence: How to Create Transformational Shifts with your Clients by Accessing Core Needs **Mar 1-2 is an introductory NVC Immersion for all therapists, coaches, and counseling interns. Mar 3-4 is an advanced NVC practicuum for therapists, coaches, and counseling interns who take (or have taken) the 2 day introductory NVC immersion. Register for one or both! Two day immersion led by Dian Killian, PhD and co-hosted by Craig...

Nonviolent Communication Training: General Public, Feb. 23-25, 2018

Posted By Craig on Nov 27, 2017 in For all, Happiness, Notes for the Family, Parenting, Relationships

Authenticity, Intimacy and Trust: Creating the Relationships You Want with Nonviolent Communication An NVC training for the general public led by Dian Killian, PhD and co-hosted by Craig Kern, LPC-S, LMFT-S; held in Austin at LifeWorks February 23-25, 2018 Nonviolent Communication (NVC) was developed by Marshall Rosenberg, author of Nonviolent Communication and founder of the Center for Non Violent Communication...

Love In the Time of Information (pt. 1)

Posted By Craig on May 24, 2013 in Adult Psychiatry, Divorce, For all, For Men, For Women, Happiness, Notes for the Family, Parenting, Relationships, Stress Reduction

Hello, Families! “Words that are strictly true seem to be paradoxical.” –Lao-tse. That sounds like love to me! “To love something you must set it free.” Yep, a paradox. Webster’s Dictionary defines paradox as “a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true.” How do you deal with the problems in your relationships? Do you escape the problems...

Coming Home From Work: Making The Daily Switch Successful

Posted By Craig on Apr 12, 2013 in For all, For Men, For Women, Happiness, Notes for the Family, Parenting, Relationships, Stress Reduction

Hello families! I love this picture! It reminds me of what is really important in life. I bet most people imagine a similar picture of a homecoming after a long term absence. But what about coming home everyday? Does it look and feel like this? Is homecoming from work one of the hardest times of the day for you? After a long day of work–selling, building, manufacturing, managing, teaching, counseling, protecting, advising...

Internet Safety for Families

Posted By Craig on Feb 23, 2013 in For all, For Boys, For Girls, Notes for the Family, Parenting

  Here is a confession: the more and more research I do, the more I end up diverted on things I find fascinating. Like most of you, my favorite tool for this is the internet. One of my favorite websites is: www.ted.com. There are so many academic, scientific, artistic and humanities presentations on ted.com that I could spend hours just absorbing– until my brain turns to jelly!  The website’s primary aim is to inform...

Raising Self-Confident Kids, pt. 2

Posted By Craig on Jan 15, 2013 in Notes for the Family, Parenting

“Till Max said “BE STILL” and tamed them with the magic trick of staring into all their yellow eyes without blinking once and they were frightened and called him the most wild thing of all” –Where The Wild Things Are   Hello Families!   The first part of “Raising Self-Confident Kids” discussed the importance of encouraging imaginative play with your children. Max,  from Where The...