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LEAP (Listen-Empathize-Agree-Partner™) shows you how to quickly gain the trust of someone you are in conflict with. When you Listen-Empathize-Agree-Partner™, you stop trying to force your adversary to say he\she is wrong and begin to listen in a new way that immediately lowers anger and defensiveness, conveys genuine understanding, empathy, and respect for his point of view, even when you disagree with it.

LEAP™ focuses on transforming the relationship first.  You do not win on the strength of your argument, you win on the strength of your relationship.  With LEAP™ your opinions are no longer like a lot of hot air and are more like the wind in a sailboat's sails that moves the person where you want him.

LEAP™ is for any relationship, but it also gives you the tools you need to persuade someone in "denial" about mental illness to accept treatment and services. It grew out of Dr. Xavier Amador's:

  • Twenty-five years of hands-on clinical experience with families, couples and patients who lacked insight into their mental illness and/or addictions,

  • Successful struggle to convince his brother Henry, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, to accept treatment,   
   
  • Experience gained from hundreds of LEAP™ seminars involving thousands of clinicians, family members, law enforcement and couples.
   
  • Twenty-five years of clinical research supported by the NIMH, Stanley Research Foundation, Elizabeth K. Dollard Trust, American Psychiatric Association and the National Alliance on Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD).

Since Dr. Amador's first book on LEAP™  was published nearly 10 years ago---"I am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help!™ "---tens of thousands of people have attended LEAP™  seminars worldwide.

After the publication of "I'm Right, You're Wrong, Now What?" (Hyperion, 2008), which shows readers how to use LEAP™  with anyone (not only with persons in denial but also to resolve conflict and improve relationships with spouses, children and in the workplace), hundreds of thousands of people are successively using LEAP™  in their everyday lives.

LEAP™  is for therapists, family members, couples and anyone seeking to break through an impasse with someone who is convinced they are right and you are wrong.  It is a set of tools you can use to:

   · diffuse anger and lower defenses
   · get past stubbornness and even denial (or anosognosia)
   · make your opponent ask for your opinion, instead of argue against it
   · get stalled negotiations moving gain
   · turn adversaries into allies
   · create positive and productive relationships that get you what you need

LEAP™  is as much about creating and preserving partnerships as it is about conflict resolution and persuading someone to follow your advice in general. That is why LEAP™  is more than a method for conflict resolution and persuasion. It is a set of well studied psychological principles and specific communication skills that will make you more effective and fulfilled in all kinds of relationships be they professional or personal.
   





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"I strongly recommend [LEAP] for both familes and therapists."  --Aaron T. Beck, M.D. Professor of Psychiarty, University of Pennsylvania.


"Dr. Amador's LEAP method takes you by the hand and heart and leads you to an understanding that gives you the power to break the impasse and get what you need. [LEAP is] an invaluable tool.  I know of nothing even in the same league."--Gerry Spence, author of New York Times Best Seller How to Argue and Win Every Time.


"[LEAP] gives practical advice and hope to those of us with a loved one who is battling a mental illness.  It provides an easy to understand blueprint that can change and save lives. " --Pete Earley, New York Times Best Selling author of Crazy: A Fathers Search Through Americas Mental Health Madness.


“Xavier Amador knows what he's talking about. “I'm right, you're wrong” happens every day, [with LEAP] you can win those arguments and find the best way to move forward without burning bridges." –Jeffrey J. Fox, author of How to Become a Rainmaker and How to Become CEO.


“The techniques Dr. Amador offers are exactly those used in international diplomacy and  conflict resolution situations. [LEAP] is a practical guide to working around and through problems that is useful on many different levels.” –Robert P. Finn,  Princeton University, and past U.S. Ambassador.


“[LEAP] gives specific pointers about how to communicate, listen, and resolve impasses. It's hard to imagine anyone who couldn't benefit from this practical and empowering guide to making your relationships better.” –Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D.,  President, International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy.
UPCOMING EVENTS:



2012

10/02 - Cambridge, MA
08/11 - Bogota, Colombia
06/30 - Los Angeles, CA
05/23 - Basel, Switzerland
05/19 - Athens, Greece
05/09 - Saratoga Springs, NY
05/02 - San Diego, CA
04/24 - Long Island, NY
04/16 - Copenhagen, Denmark
04/10 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
03/15 - Long Island, NY
02/25 - British Columbia, Canada


2011

11/05 - NAMI Minnesota State Conference
07/08 - Chicago, Illinois (2011 NAMI National Convention)
05/02 - San Diego, California (National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare)
04/27 - 04/29 - Michigan State University
03/10 - 03/20 - New Zealand
03/04 - 03/09 - Taiwan
01/12 - 01/16 - Copenhagen, Denmark

2010
10/28 - Copenhagen, Denmark
10/13 - Istanbul. Turkey
09/22 - New Britain, Connecticut
07/26 - Delaware, Newark (Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
06/23 - President Carter Center. Atlanta, Georgia
06/18 - Dusseldorf, Germany
04/22 - Copenhagen, Denmark )
03/12 - Montreal, Canada (Regional Health Authority)
01/23 - 01/25 - Turkey LEAP INSTITUTE
01/21   New Your, NY (New York State Office of Mental Health, ACT Center)
2009

02/01 - United Kingdom
03/21 - Paris, France
03/19 - Budapest, Hungary
03/27 - Cordoba, Spain
04/23 - Minneapolis, Minnesota (University of Minnesota co-sponsor)
05/03 – Midland, Michigan
05/29 – Madison, Wisconsin
06/01 – New York, New York (Manhattan Psychiatric Center)
06/05 – Lisbon, Portugal
06/20 – New York, New York (LEAP Training, Columbia University Lieber Clinic)
09/25 – Valencia, Spain
09/28 – Valencia, Spain
09/29 – Sevilla, Spain
09/30 – Barcelona, Spain
10/01 – Madrid, Spain
10/10 – Albany, New York
10/14 - New Britain, Connecticut (CIT Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement)
10/16 – Itasca, Illinois
10/23 – Ankara, Turkey
11/21 - Riverhead, New York
2008

10/23 - Marseille, France
10/21 - Paris, France
10/17 - Sevilla, Spain
10/09 - Pueblo, Colorado
10/07 - Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
09/10 - 09/11 Auckland, New Zealand
09/09 - Hamilton, New Zealand
09/08 - Dunedin, New Zealand
09/06 - 09/07 Wellington, New Zealand
06/06 - 06/07 Fredericksburg, Virginia
04/24 - 04/25 - Poitiers, France
02/16 - Monterey, California
2007

10/03 - Montreal, Canada
10/01 - Lake Success, New York
09/18 - Wellington, New Zealand
09/17 - Christchurch, New Zealand
09/16 - Auckland, New Zealand
09/08 - Auckland, New Zealand
08/28 - Memphis, Tennessee
06/14 - New York, New York
05/11 - Plano, Texas
04/25 - Brussels, Belgium
04/24 - Kortenberg, Belgium
04/23 - Duffel, Belgium
04/22 - Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
04/21 - Tournai, Belgium
04/20 - Geel, Belgium
04/19 - Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium )
04/12 - Princeton, New Jersey
01/12 - Toronto, Canada
2006
12/07 - Richmond, Virginia
11/16 - New Orleans, Louisiana
11/14 - Piscataway, New Jersey
11/05 - White Plains, New York
10/27 - Toronto, Canada
10/26 - Sydney, Canada
10/19 - Portland, Oregon
10/12 - Indianapolis, Indiana
10/05 - Washington D.C.
10/02 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10/01 - Las Vegas, Nevada
09/30 - Colorado Springs, Colorado
09/24 - Orlando, Florida
09/09 - Melbourne, Australia
09/08 - Adelaide, Australia
09/07 - Perth, Australia
09/06 - Darwin, Australia
09/04 - Canberra, Australia
08/30 - Townsville, Australia
08/24 - Honolulu, Hawaii
05/04 - 05/05 - Newark, New Jersey
02/10 - Davos, Switzerland
01/24 - Newark, New Jersey
01/06 - New York, New York
2005

12/13 - New York, New York
10/06 - 10/07 - Johnston, Pennsylvania
10/01 - Indianapolis, Indiana
06/24 - Sydney, Canada
06/23 - Halifax, Canada
06/05 - 06/12 - Jackson Hole, Wyoming
05/10 - Akron, Ohio
05/06 - Niagara Falls, New York
05/05 - Denville, New Jersey
04/13 - Bakersfield, California
04/10 - Austin, Texas
04/02 - San Francisco, California
02/19 - 02/20 - Monterey, California
2004

May, 2004 - Brisbane, Australia
May, 2004 - Sydney Australia
May, 2004 - Townsville, Australia
May, 2004 - Canberra, Australia
May, 2004 - Melbourne, Australia
PRAISE FOR LEAP



"I strongly recommend [LEAP] for both familes and therapists."  --Aaron T. Beck, M.D. Professor of Psychiarty, University of Pennsylvania.


"Dr. Amador's LEAP method takes you by the hand and heart and leads you to an understanding that gives you the power to break the impasse and get what you need. [LEAP is] an invaluable tool.  I know of nothing even in the same league."--Gerry Spence, author of New York Times Best Seller How to Argue and Win Every Time.


"[LEAP] gives practical advice and hope to those of us with a loved one who is battling a mental illness.  It provides an easy to understand blueprint that can change and save lives. " --Pete Earley, New York Times Best Selling author of Crazy: A Fathers Search Through Americas Mental Health Madness.


“Xavier Amador knows what he's talking about. “I'm right, you're wrong” happens every day, [with LEAP] you can win those arguments and find the best way to move forward without burning bridges." –Jeffrey J. Fox, author of How to Become a Rainmaker and How to Become CEO.


“The techniques Dr. Amador offers are exactly those used in international diplomacy and  conflict resolution situations. [LEAP] is a practical guide to working around and through problems that is useful on many different levels.” –Robert P. Finn,  Princeton University, and past U.S. Ambassador.


“[LEAP] gives specific pointers about how to communicate, listen, and resolve impasses. It's hard to imagine anyone who couldn't benefit from this practical and empowering guide to making your relationships better.” –Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D.,  President, International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy.
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