Are your thoughts controlling you? Let’s get to a state where you can control your thoughts. There are a lot of good meditation apps like Insight Timer, Headspace and Calm that I find to be very useful. I think all of those are excellent. Most are guided meditations, some mindfulness and positive affirmations. I […]
Are your thoughts controlling you? Let’s get to a state where you can control your thoughts. There are a lot of good meditation apps like Insight Timer, Headspace and Calm that I find to be very useful. I think all of those are excellent. Most are guided meditations, some mindfulness and positive affirmations. I […]
The problem with a comparison is that it implies that your own worth is questionable or negotiable. When we do this, we are continuing to test our own value, constantly measuring ourselves against others.
The problem with a comparison is that it implies that your own worth is questionable or negotiable. When we do this, we are continuing to test our own value, constantly measuring ourselves against others.
Thinking errors are plentiful in the human condition and they lead us into patterns of behavior that cause us emotional pain and in some cases can be quite debilitating. As shown previously in this blog Mental Filters can skew reality. They are like a pair of sunglasses that one wears that colors the whole […]
Thinking errors are plentiful in the human condition and they lead us into patterns of behavior that cause us emotional pain and in some cases can be quite debilitating. As shown previously in this blog Mental Filters can skew reality. They are like a pair of sunglasses that one wears that colors the whole […]
Over Generalizing In my time as a therapist in Burbank and Rosemead California I have often run up against the Cognitive Behavioral Thinking error of Over Generalizing. Symptoms of over generalizing The basic concept to grasp with over generalizing is that we are making sweeping statements and conclusions about people places and things, […]
Over Generalizing In my time as a therapist in Burbank and Rosemead California I have often run up against the Cognitive Behavioral Thinking error of Over Generalizing. Symptoms of over generalizing The basic concept to grasp with over generalizing is that we are making sweeping statements and conclusions about people places and things, […]
Mind reading is something that many of us do quite consistently. Like the other thinking errors it has become something of a survival skill. As a therapist in Burbank, Beverly Hills and Rosemead I have seen this many times in clients and patients. If you are in a rough neighborhood or a delicate situation, mindreading […]
Mind reading is something that many of us do quite consistently. Like the other thinking errors it has become something of a survival skill. As a therapist in Burbank, Beverly Hills and Rosemead I have seen this many times in clients and patients. If you are in a rough neighborhood or a delicate situation, mindreading […]
Thought stopping techniques As alluded to in a previous blog post negative thinking can really get in the way of us and our ability to function: They really can make you feel anxious or depressed. As a therapist in Burbank and Rosemead California I have frequently come up against the question of how do you […]
Thought stopping techniques As alluded to in a previous blog post negative thinking can really get in the way of us and our ability to function: They really can make you feel anxious or depressed. As a therapist in Burbank and Rosemead California I have frequently come up against the question of how do you […]
What IS the inner child? To be absolutely honest, before I became a therapist, every time I heard the term inner child, I thought it was a bunch of psychobabble BS. However, since working in the field, and seeing literally hundreds of patients in a psychiatric hospital in Rosemead and private therapy […]
What IS the inner child? To be absolutely honest, before I became a therapist, every time I heard the term inner child, I thought it was a bunch of psychobabble BS. However, since working in the field, and seeing literally hundreds of patients in a psychiatric hospital in Rosemead and private therapy […]
Challenging Negative Thinking Here is a worksheet that I put together that has great usefulness in actually challenging negative thinking, core beliefs and schemas. List the unhelpful thought. It could be a core belief or just a negative automatic thought. List the evidence that contradicts the thought Identify thinking errors; Are […]
Challenging Negative Thinking Here is a worksheet that I put together that has great usefulness in actually challenging negative thinking, core beliefs and schemas. List the unhelpful thought. It could be a core belief or just a negative automatic thought. List the evidence that contradicts the thought Identify thinking errors; Are […]
Avoiding Depression How can we de-stress from a chaotic life in the entertainment industry, one with long hours, deadlines and uncertainty and ultimately avoid depression or a meltdown? First thing to note is that drugs and alcohol are not the answer to the stress part of the equation. The gears of our lives may be […]
Avoiding Depression How can we de-stress from a chaotic life in the entertainment industry, one with long hours, deadlines and uncertainty and ultimately avoid depression or a meltdown? First thing to note is that drugs and alcohol are not the answer to the stress part of the equation. The gears of our lives may be […]
Methods for Dealing with Anxiety When we are dealing with deadlines and the anxiety it incurs, there are at least a couple of ways to help with that. How to Deal with Anxiety: The Top Down Approach. As alluded to in Part 1 of The Stress of Working in the Entertainment Industry, Dr. Bessel Van Der […]
Methods for Dealing with Anxiety When we are dealing with deadlines and the anxiety it incurs, there are at least a couple of ways to help with that. How to Deal with Anxiety: The Top Down Approach. As alluded to in Part 1 of The Stress of Working in the Entertainment Industry, Dr. Bessel Van Der […]
