• Contact Now | Schedule an Appointment

    1201 S. Victory Blvd. Ste. 206 | Burbank, CA 91502
    BillL@BillLeavittTherapy.com | (818) 533-8781

    • facebook
    • instagram
    • twitter
    • youtube
    • linkedin
    • yelp
  • Bill Leavitt Therapist

    • Home
    • About
    • Specialties
      • Psychotherapy
      • Life Coaching
      • Entertainment Industry
    • Getting Started
      • FAQs
      • Rates and Insurance
      • Client Forms
      • Appointment Request
    • Resources
      • Recent News
      • Mental Health Links
      • Physical Health Links
    • Blog
    • Online therapy appointments

    Mindreading

    December 16, 2018

    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 […]

    Read More

    Mindreading

    December 16, 2018

    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 […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry, Life Coaching, Psychotherapy Tagged With: Mindreading, Thinking errors

    Depression in the Entertainment Industry

    The Stress of Working in the Entertainment Industry Part III

    August 7, 2018

    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 […]

    Read More

    The Stress of Working in the Entertainment Industry Part III

    August 7, 2018
    Depression in the Entertainment Industry

    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 […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry Tagged With: depression, entertainment industry, self care

    Anxiety of working in the entertainment industry

    The Stress of Working in the Entertainment Industry Part 2

    July 14, 2018

    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 […]

    Read More

    The Stress of Working in the Entertainment Industry Part 2

    July 14, 2018
    Anxiety of working in the entertainment industry

    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 […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry, Life Coaching, Psychotherapy Tagged With: Anxiety, entertainment industry, Mindfulness-based stress reduction, Relaxation technique

    Stress in the Entertainment Industry

    The Stress of Working in the Entertainment Industry Part I

    June 27, 2018

    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 […]

    Read More

    The Stress of Working in the Entertainment Industry Part I

    June 27, 2018
    Stress in the Entertainment 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 […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry Tagged With: entertainment industry, mindfulness, Stress management

    All or Nothing Thinking

    June 10, 2018

    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 […]

    Read More

    All or Nothing Thinking

    June 10, 2018

    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 […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry, Psychotherapy Tagged With: All or Nothing thinking, black and white thinking, Perfectionism, Polarized thinking, self acceptance, self criticizing, unconditional acceptance

    How to Let Go of Guilt and Shame or How to Forgive yourself

    April 23, 2018

    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 […]

    Read More

    How to Let Go of Guilt and Shame or How to Forgive yourself

    April 23, 2018

    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 […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry, Life Coaching, Psychotherapy Tagged With: letting go of shame, self acceptance, self forgiveness

    The Four Fold Breath

    April 4, 2018

     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.”  […]

    Read More

    The Four Fold Breath

    April 4, 2018

     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.”  […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry, Life Coaching, Psychotherapy Tagged With: Breathing, breathing techniques that work, coping skills, pranayama breathing, reducing anxiety, reducing stress, Sama-Vritti, Square Breathing

    How to Deal with Anger

    March 18, 2018

    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 […]

    Read More

    How to Deal with Anger

    March 18, 2018

    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 […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry, Life Coaching, Psychotherapy Tagged With: Anger, negative self talk, positive self talk, silence inner critic, silencing the inner critic, unconditional acceptance

    Shoulds and Shouldy Thinking…

    March 6, 2018

    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 […]

    Read More

    Shoulds and Shouldy Thinking…

    March 6, 2018

    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 […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry, Psychotherapy Tagged With: Anger, Common Thinking Errors, self talk, Shoulds, Shouldy Thinking

    Plato’s Cave

    February 12, 2018

    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“. […]

    Read More

    Plato’s Cave

    February 12, 2018

    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“. […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry, Life Coaching, Psychotherapy Tagged With: Allegory of the Cave, Plato's Cave



    1201 S. Victory Blvd. Ste. 206
    Burbank, CA 91502

    (818) 533-8781
    BillL@BillLeavittTherapy.com

    Anxiety Therapists and Counselors
    Depression Therapists and Counselors




    Contact Today

    By submitting this form via this web portal, you acknowledge and accept the risks of communicating your health information via this unencrypted email and electronic messaging and wish to continue despite those risks. By clicking "Yes, I want to submit this form" you agree to hold Brighter Vision harmless for unauthorized use, disclosure, or access of your protected health information sent via this electronic means.

    Bill Leavitt
    BillL@BillLeavittTherapy.com | (818) 533-8781

    • facebook
    • instagram
    • twitter
    • youtube
    • linkedin
    • yelp

    A Website by Brighter Vision | Privacy Policy