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, […]
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 […]
Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997) Man’s Search for Meaning. (This article and the quotes in it were largely taken from past Wikipedia articles on Viktor Frankl. I consider him one of the giants of the 20th century. If you are looking for insight into the human condition and the meaning of life I know of none better […]
Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997) Man’s Search for Meaning. (This article and the quotes in it were largely taken from past Wikipedia articles on Viktor Frankl. I consider him one of the giants of the 20th century. If you are looking for insight into the human condition and the meaning of life I know of none better […]
