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    The Emergence of Will
  
  
  •    Invitation to the Hero's Path
  •    Learning to Steer
  •    Internal vs. External Control
  •    Optical Illusions
  •    The Soul Illusion
  •    Two Minds
  •    Determinism
  •    Exercising Will
  •    True Grit
  •    Willpower
  •    Perseverance
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    Taming the Creature
  
  
  •    Coping with Raw Experience
  •    Attachment to Outcomes
  •    Meta-Cognitive Awareness
  •    Mindfulness & Awakening
  •    The Serenity Prayer
  •    The Catagorical Imperative
  •    The Power of a Will
  •    Hypnosis as Covert Doing
  •    Intention and Attention
  •    Ordinary Trances
  •    Hypnotic Methods
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     Addictive Traps
  
  
  •    The Traps
  •    The PIG
  •    The Imp of the Perverse
  •    Karma of Bad Behavior
  •    Recursive Traps
  •    Attachment to Outcomes
  •    Dependence
  •    Traps Fork
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     Pathology
  
  
  •    The Study of Paths
  •    Matching Considerations
  •    The Impeccable Path
  •    What it Means to Decide
  •    The Open Path
  •    The Enlightened Path
  •    The Truth Will Set You Free
  •    Cognitive Behavior Therapy
  •    A-B-C Thought Record
  •    Ruminative Self-Focus
  •    An Exquisite Irony
  •    The Middle Way
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     The Passage to Change
  
  
  •    Stages of the Passage
  •    The Contemplation Stage
  •    The Contemplation Fork
  •    The Penultimate Step
  •   The Decision Matrix
  •    Decision Time
  •    The Action Stage
  •    Relapse Prevention
  •    The End
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    Researching Desire
  
  
  •    Looking Within
  •    The Existential Path
  •    Conflcting Desires
  •    Knowing Yourself
  •    Contemplation Exercises
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     Exercising Your Will
  
  
  •    Puppy Training Basics
  •    Warning Signals
  •    Study the Past
  •    General Coping Strategy
  •    Specific Coping Tactics
  •    Hypnotherapy Scripts
  •   The Reminder Card
  •   Your Treatment Plan
  •    Cheap Research
  •    Hardening

About the author   

• Bill received his doctoral degree in Psychology from the University of Iowa.
• He is a Licensed Psychologist and has been awarded: Certificate of Proficiency in the Treatment of Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders awarded by the American Psychological Association

Clinical Background and Interests

• After returning to New York City from Iowa in 1972, Bill became director of the Adult Clinic and Diagnostic Center in New York City. The distinguished faculty of this clinical group included famed author and Neurologist, Oliver Sachs. Bill then became Chief of Service of the Intensive Care Unit of Adolph Meyer Psychiatric Center.
• Bill moved to Austin to become Director of Clinical Services of the Brown Schools, Ranch Treatment Center. in 1981. This 120-bed psychiatric hospital specialized in providing state-of-the-art treatment to individuals with severe behavior problems due to Traumatic Brain Injury or Mental Illness.
• In 1984 Bill joined his wife, Tina Dubin, Ph.D. (also a Psychologist) in private practice, and established Psychological ARTS PC. Both Tina and Bill worked with couples and the individual problems that caused problems for the relationship.
• During the 1980s Bill became more focused on Incentive Use Disorders and helping his clients escape dependence on substances [e.g., alcohol, drugs, food] or acclivities [e.g. gambling, sex/pornography, shopping, gaming].
• Bill's practice is restricted to high-functioning individuals. In most cases their problems are not the result of a disease or defect that renders them powerless and requiring they turn over responsibility for good outcome to an external agent such as a treatment provider or self-help group. Rather, the problems that motivate them to change their ways result from patterns of thinking and behavior that are best changed by the individual.
• Over the years, Bill has developed a wide range of strategies to cope with crises of stress and temptation as well as exercises to strengthen the faculties required to perform as intended during the critical moments.
• Solving puzzles of the Psyche is Bill's passion.