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 […]
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 […]
Managing Stress in the Entertainment Industry Most industries have pressing deadlines, and therefore stress, but none seems more prone to emergency deliverables than the entertainment industry. Whether one works in Film, TV, Music, or the Video Gaming industry, the deadlines are constantly being pulled in, changed, and modified, often to unreasonable targets – no industry […]
Managing Stress in the Entertainment Industry Most industries have pressing deadlines, and therefore stress, but none seems more prone to emergency deliverables than the entertainment industry. Whether one works in Film, TV, Music, or the Video Gaming industry, the deadlines are constantly being pulled in, changed, and modified, often to unreasonable targets – no industry […]
All or Nothing Thinking 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 “shouldy” thinking is a common error. Another like it is, All or Nothing Thinking, which is […]
All or Nothing Thinking 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 “shouldy” thinking is a common error. Another like it is, All or Nothing Thinking, which is […]
How to Let Go of Guilt and Shame. Or, 5 steps to forgiving yourself. In my years of working as a therapist in Burbank and Rosemead, California, I’ve worked in many different settings. I have consistently come across the reality that many people are saddled by guilt and shame, and cannot forgive themselves for past […]
How to Let Go of Guilt and Shame. Or, 5 steps to forgiving yourself. In my years of working as a therapist in Burbank and Rosemead, California, I’ve worked in many different settings. I have consistently come across the reality that many people are saddled by guilt and shame, and cannot forgive themselves for past […]
The Four Fold Breath: A very simple and extraordinarily effective Stress Reducing technique that I teach clients is something called The Four Fold Breath. It is actually a Pranayama Yoga technique known as Sama-Vritti. It actually means “Equal Breathing.” In Dialectical Behavior Therapy it is known as “Box Breathing “ or “Four Square Breathing.” […]
The Four Fold Breath: A very simple and extraordinarily effective Stress Reducing technique that I teach clients is something called The Four Fold Breath. It is actually a Pranayama Yoga technique known as Sama-Vritti. It actually means “Equal Breathing.” In Dialectical Behavior Therapy it is known as “Box Breathing “ or “Four Square Breathing.” […]
How to Deal with Anger A few years ago I did a websearch on Anger for patients that I worked with in an inpatient psychiatric hospital. I came across The SAP Model ™ by Dr. Andrew Gottlieb. As Dr. Gottlieb has pointed out “Anger is probably the most cognitive of all of the emotions. We can’t […]
How to Deal with Anger A few years ago I did a websearch on Anger for patients that I worked with in an inpatient psychiatric hospital. I came across The SAP Model ™ by Dr. Andrew Gottlieb. As Dr. Gottlieb has pointed out “Anger is probably the most cognitive of all of the emotions. We can’t […]
Shoulds Shoulds are a list of inflexible rules that we have regarding a subject. Largely it’s about how people “should act” and behave. This type of thinking, when directed at others, usually results in us judging them negatively, finding fault, and if verbalized, making them really defensive. In this scenario, people fall short, they have […]
Shoulds Shoulds are a list of inflexible rules that we have regarding a subject. Largely it’s about how people “should act” and behave. This type of thinking, when directed at others, usually results in us judging them negatively, finding fault, and if verbalized, making them really defensive. In this scenario, people fall short, they have […]
Plato’s Cave (from Wikipedia and modified with commentary by Bill Leavitt) The Allegory of the Cave (also titled Analogy of the Cave, Plato’s Cave or Parable of the Cave) is presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work The Republic to compare “…the effect of education and the lack of it on our nature“. […]
Plato’s Cave (from Wikipedia and modified with commentary by Bill Leavitt) The Allegory of the Cave (also titled Analogy of the Cave, Plato’s Cave or Parable of the Cave) is presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work The Republic to compare “…the effect of education and the lack of it on our nature“. […]
