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The 2 Lowest Sublevels of Consciousness

Mardoche Sidor, MD and Karen Dubin, PhD, LCSW — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000

As a clinician, do you know what level of Consciousness are you navigating the world at? Do you know the different levels of Consciousness? Do you know what the stages of Consciousness are? For the purposes of this article introduction, the lowest stage of Consciousness is the Suffering Stage, which has 7 sublevels, and those sublevels also vary in their level of Consciousness. This article is going to introduce you to the 2 lowest sublevels of Consciousness ever. Ready?

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What Causes Suffering?

Mardoche Sidor, MD and Karen Dubin, PhD, LCSW — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0000

As clinicians, we are surrounded by “suffering.” We’re exposed to it on a daily basis in our clinical practice. Vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout are only some of the by-products that come with this exposure.

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What Does It Take To Truly Help Clients?

Mardoche Sidor, MD and Karen Dubin, PhD, LCSW — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Do we need to have helped ourselves? Do we need to be continuously helping ourselves? Or does it even matter? Do we need to have a certain amount of knowledge?

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What’s Our Role as Clinicians?

Mardoche Sidor, MD and Karen Dubin, PhD, LCSW — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0000

These are some of the fundamental questions to answer. These are fundamental questions that require all the attention possible and dedicating at least five minutes a day to at least think them through, including to ponder with a colleague, a supervisor, or a supervisee. This may be one of the best gifts to ourselves as clinicians and to our patients and clients as well.

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The Absolute Force

Mardoche Sidor, MD and Karen Dubin, PhD, LCSW — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000

The best scientists in the world, including the Nobel Prize Laureates, have unanimously drawn a similar conclusion, one that can be seen from philosophy to religion, from spirituality to science, and from metaphysics and back. It all boils down to that which can be experienced and felt only through the heart.

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Who Am I To Me?

Mardoche Sidor, MD and Karen Dubin, PhD, LCSW — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 14:00:00 +0000

For many of us, we have been raised in a world where duality is emphasized and where taking the middle ground can be difficult to do, and can also be construed as indecisive, as not taking a stand, or as not being extremist enough.

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Contribution

Mardoche Sidor, MD and Karen Dubin, PhD, LCSW — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 14:00:00 +0000

There is this ultimate human need to be met before anyone can be fulfilled, yet, its true meaning is not well understood and there are erroneous attitudes around it.

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Which Questions Am I Asking Myself?

Mardoche Sidor, MD and Karen Dubin, PhD, LCSW — Fri, 22 May 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Regardless of how we look at it, when we say we are going to live an additional 60 years beyond our 50th birthday, that seems like a long time! Until we look at that timeframe in days or hours. Then is seems surprisingly less.

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