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Perfectionism is pandemic in the West, yet little is written or taught on how we can help the perfectionist client. Join author, trainer, and clinical psychologist Pavel Somov, Ph.D., for a clinical overview of perfectionism, its existential costs and its associated clinical features. Dr. Somov will share with you experiential strategies for addressing the core dimensions of perfectionism as negative conditional self-view, performance anxiety, and intolerance of uncertainty.
This seminar recording is based on an innovative clinical curriculum for overcoming perfectionism, predicated on Buddhist psychology and mindfulness/acceptance practices. Dr. Somov is praised by seminar attendees as being a “walks the talk” therapist and educator. His writings include: Present Perfect: A Mindfulness Approach to Letting Go of Perfectionism and the Need for Control (New Harbinger 2010) and Eating the Moment: 141 Mindful Practices to Overcome Overeating One Meal at a Time (New Harbinger 2008).
OBJECTIVES
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Explain mindfulness techniques that help the perfectionist client leverage self-acceptance
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Summarize how a perfectionist client can overcome performance anxiety
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Describe the strategy that aids the client in overcoming uncertainty
OUTLINE
Perfectionism at the Root
Leveraging Self-Acceptance
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Redefining Perfection
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From State View of Perfection to Process View of Perfection
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Impermanence-Acceptance Exercises
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Self-Acceptance, not Self-Esteem
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Disapproval Inoculation Exercises
Cultivating Performance Confidence
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From Outcome-Emphasis to Effort-Focused Self-Appraisals
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Rethinking Effort
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Rethinking Outcome
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Peak Performance versus Experientially-Perfect Performance
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Process-Focus Exercises
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Post-Performance Recovery
Coping with Uncertainty
Q & A
ABOUT PAVEL SOMOV, Ph.D.
Pavel Somov, Ph.D., licensed psychologist, graduate of SUNY Buffalo, is the author of Present Perfect: A Mindfulness Approach to Letting Go of Perfectionism and the Need to Control (New Harbinger, 2010). He has experience with compulsive spectrum presentations (substance use, overeating, etc.) and has worked and trained in a variety of clinical settings (community mental health centers, psychiatric hospitals, college counseling centers, correctional settings, behavioral medicine/pain clinic settings, VAs). He is currently in private practice in Pittsburgh, PA.
Dr. Somov is also the author of Eating the Moment: 141 Mindful Practices to Overcome Overeating One Meal at a Time (New Harbinger, 2008) and The Lotus Effect: Shedding Suffering and Rediscovering Your Essential Self (New Harbinger, October 2010); and a co-author of Smoke Break (New Harbinger, 2011). His essays and blogs have appeared on The Huffington Post, PsychCentral.com, Intent.com, Psychology Today online, and he has appeared on Sirius Radio’s “Fully Alive.” Pavel Somov has published peer-reviewed journal articles on substance use treatment applications of psychodrama and logotherapy, and on the effects of pain on time perception.
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TARGET AUDIENCE
Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Therapists, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Case Managers, Nurses, Other Mental Health Professionals
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