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ANNOUNCEMENTS! HAPPY NEW
YEAR!
Mark your calendars!
New Years group telephone therapy sessions
for persons struggling with compulsive theft and/or
spending
starting this month! Relapses frequently
occur just before, during, or after the holiday season! Get a
jump on creating a solid foundation for the new year.
Individual phone counseling tune-ups are available as well.
Contact Terrence Shulman 248-358-8508 or by e-mail
at:terrenceshulman@theshulmancenter.com for
more
information.
Therapist Telephone Training on
compulsive theft and spending begins this
month! Please contact Terrence Shulman at terrenceshulman@theshulmancenter.com or 248-358-8508 for more information.
Be on the cutting edge of these newer and exciting fields
of treatment. Led by Mr. Shulman, learn how
to assess and
treat clients who suffer from compulsive theft and/or
spending.
Check out our newly updated blog
at http://blog.theshulmancenter.com/
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Endings
and Beginnings
Time magazine recently
ran a cover story calling this last decade "The Decade from
Hell." Certainly, the
21st century has gotten off to a
rocky start with wars, terrorism, financial upheaval, sharper
political
division and various natural disasters. 2009
alone has been one of my most challenging years, personally
and professionally, and many others have shared the same
sentiment.
In numerology, the number "9" (as in 2009)
symbolizes endings. For many of us, 2009 couldn't end too
soon. Yet, we can look back and see the many good times
and miracles of the last year and the last decade. Crises
bring both danger and opportunity.
The decade began
with actress Winona Ryder's infamous shoplifting arrest and
trial, included the Enron scam, Martha Stewart's fall, Bernie
Madoff, Wall Street schemes, housing busts, and culminated
with a British priest condoning shoplifting as the least of
evils in an unjust world.
Yet, I remain quite optimistic about the
coming year and the future as overshopping/overspending,
shoplifting and employee theft have received continue to
receive more media coverage. We are moving toward
greater awareness and understanding of these phenomena and
treatment options are becoming increasingly available. And
while we've seen a marked increase in stealing since the
financial downturn
of the last couple of years, we are
collectively reassessing our values and priorities in life.
This is a good thing.
Pain can be--and often is--a
primary motivator for change. However, pain and fear often
fade in time. Those who do best at maintaining positive
change learn to be internally motivated rather than
externally motivated and also learn to desire change less out
of remembrance of pain or fear and more because they have
positive goals that keep them interested and exciting about
co-creating and enjoying their lives.
Some primary
dimensions of our lives include money, career, health,
relationships, spirituality, community, fun, and
passion/purpose.
So, ask yourself: in this past year in
these primary dimensions of life what is
ending & what is beginning?
What were one or
two of your biggest challenges or most painful situations?
How did you get through it?
What did you learn
about yourself or about life?
If you were to go
through something similar in the future, what would you do
differently?
Are you hopeful that 2010 will be
different, easier, better?
What actual changes are you
going to implement in 2010 from what you learned in
2009?
May 2010 bring each of us exactly what we need
and most of what we
desire.
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Consumer
Confidence?
Retail sales estimates
are in from the 2009 holiday shopping season and it looks like
there was about a
3% increase over last year. However, this
may be partly due to the extra shopping day this year as
Thanksgiving fell one day earlier than last year; thus, it is
estimated that the overall increase is closer to 1%. Online
shopping again was more brisk than in-store
shopping.
While it's natural to hope for the economy to
move forward and, with it, consumer confidence and spending,
we need to be on guard for returning to our old ways of
overconsuming or we will be right back in trouble. As we move
forward, we don't wish to live in fear but we do need to keep
developing a more balanced relationship with money, credit and
things.
What are your goals and hopes around money in
the New Year?
What specific changes are you considering
making?
If you could look back a year from now, what
would you like to be able to declare as a
success?
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Lawsuit
Update
After a two-year
long struggle, this matter is finally resolved. We wish
to
thank all of you for your support.
Please
note: A press release also will soon be made available with
the following wording:
The National Association for Shoplifting Prevention
("NASP") and Terrence Daryl Shulman are pleased to
announce the amicable resolution of their trademark and
copyright infringement dispute. The terms and
conditions of the settlement are confidential. As
part of the settlement, the parties agreed to respect the
copyrights and trademarks of NASP going forward and to
work separately toward the common goal of
heightening
public awareness about shoplifting and help anyone struggling
with a shoplifting issue find the
help, support and
counseling they need to successfully address their shoplifting
problem or addiction. This amicable resolution will help
focus attention and resources on this serious issue and
alleviate any confusion that might have existed regarding the
parties.
Mr. Shulman is a therapist, author, lawyer
and addiction counselor and will continue his work as the
founder and director of The Shulman Center for Compulsive
Theft and Spending through his website at
www.theshulmancenter.com. Under the auspices of
a new Michigan-based company called Cleptomaniacs
and
Shoplifters Anonymous LLC ("CASA LLC"), the CASA self-help
groups that Mr. Shulman started in 1992 as part of his own
recovery will continue at the website
www.kleptomaniacsanonymous.com.
The National Association for Shoplifting Prevention
(NASP), founded in 1977 as Shoplifters Anonymous, Inc. and
operating since 1989 as a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization,
will continue its mission to raise public awareness about the
harmful effects of shoplifting on youth, families and
communities, unite public opinion toward constructive
solutions, deliver needed programs and services and engage
community action in prevention efforts under its Shoplifters
Anonymous, Shoplifters Alternative, Y.E.S. Program, and NASP
trademarks. www.shopliftingprevention.org.
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Compulsive Theft &
Spending in The News! December 2009/January
2010:
December 3--Mr.
Shulman was featured on Canadian Broadcast Corporation's
"Doc-Zone" series
about compulsive shoplifting.See http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2009/shoplifting/index.html
December 9--Mr. Shulman was
interviewed on a Seattle-based radio station on shoplifting
addiction.
December
13--Mr. Shulman was interviewed on a Kentucky-based radio
station about compulsive
shopping and
spending.
December
23--Mr. Shulman appeard on local Detroit TV news channel 4
(NBC) on shoplifting addiction. See http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/22050052/index.html
January
1--Mr. Shulman will have an article in the Jack Hayes,
International Loss Prevention quarterly
newsletter.
See http://www.hayesinternational.com/srvcs_prdcts.html
January
11--Mr. Shulman is to be interviewed on hoarding by
Boston-based Karen Kenney, a
professional ogranizer, on
her radio/Internet show. See http://www.theorganizingcheerleader.com
January 19--Mr. Shulman will be interviewed
on an Internet radio station devoted to parenting issues.
See http://www.parentcoachsusan.com
Mr. Shulman is assisting the Baton Rouge,
Louisiana court system a court-ordered three hour
facilitated educational program for retail fraud
offenders. The program is based on material from his book
"Something for Nothing: Shoplifting Addiction and Recovery"
(2003).
Beyond
January...
Mr. Shulman to be featured
on self-publishing and creating a counseling practice/business
at
http://www.makeitdetroit.com
Mr. Shulman submitted a chapter on employee
theft for a U.K. book entitled "Risky Business" to be
released in early 2010.
Mr. Shulman
created an online continuing education course on compulsive
shopping and spending
called "Bought Out and $pent!" based
on his book and Power Point presentation. The course is
offered through The American Psychotherapy Association
and is available for purchase by APA
members and
non-members and CEs are available. See http://www.americanpsychotherapy.com/
Mr.
Shulman created an online education course called "Creating an
Honest and Theft-Free
Workplace" based on his book and
Power Point presentation through 360 Training Services. CEs
are available. See www.360training.com
Mr. Shulman is assisting with a CNN TV news
story about compulsive shopping/spending in today's
economy.
Mr. Shulman will be featured in a
segment on shoplifting addiction in the MSNBC series "Theft in
America" to air in late 2009/early 2010.
Mr.
Shulman is consulting on the development of a major motion
picture tentatively called "The Rush"
in which the lead
character is addicted to shoplifting and stealing.
Mr. Shulman continues to assist the
Kingman, Arizona court system with his court-ordered
homestudy program for retail fraud offenders. The program
is based on material from his book
"Something for Nothing:
Shoplifting Addiction and Recovery" (2003).
Mr.
Shulman is consulting with an author who is writing a novel
about two kleptomaniacs who fall
in love with each
other.
Contact The Shulman Center
Terrence Shulman
P.O. Box
250008
Franklin, Michigan 48025
E-mail:
terrenceshulman@theshulmancenter.com
Call (248) 358-8508 for free
consulation!
Related sites by Terrence
Shulman:
www.theshulmancenter.com
www.kleptomaniacsanonymous.com
www.shoppingaddictions.org
www.shopliftingaddictions.com
www.terrenceshulman.com
www.shopaholicsanonymous.org
www.employeetheftsolutions.com
www.somethingfornothingbook.com
www.bitingthehandthatfeeds.com
www.boughtoutandspent.com
Books:
Something For
Nothing
Biting The Hand That Feeds
Bought Out and
$pent
Products for Purchase--ON SALE through
2009!
Mr. Shulman's three books
"Something for Nothing: Shoplifting Addiction & Recovery"
and "Biting The Hand That Feeds: The Employee Theft
Epidemic... New Perspectives, New Solutions," and "Bought Out
and $pent! Recovery from Compulsive $hopping and $pending" are
availabe for $25.00 each (includes
shipping/handling).
Second International Conference on
Compulsive Theft & Spending 2 DVD set (6 Hours). Recorded
9/08. $100.00.
Click here to purchase
E-mail Mr. Shulman:
terrenceshulman@theshulmancenter.com
or
Call (248) 358-8508
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