by therapyinsdcom | Mar 27, 2017 | Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression
Shawn Achor is one of my personal heroes- you may have heard of him as the author of ‘The Happiness Advantage’ or through his infamous TED Talk which you can find here. After almost a half a century in the making, positive psychology is sweeping the mental health...
by therapyinsdcom | Feb 6, 2017 | Parenting, Uncategorized
Plenty of parents call me this time of year, exhausted and tell me, “my teen needs therapy stat!” or “I was fine raising my child but now that he/she’s an adolescent I’m at a loss”. Parenting a teenager is a new and scary experience for most, and to shift how you...
by therapyinsdcom | Jan 16, 2017 | Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Ambiguity, a sense of uncertainty about what’s going on or what might happen, is part of life. We all need to be able to tolerate ambiguity, yet this isn’t always easy. This post explores dealing with the unknowns in life and how to handle it. What in the...
by therapyinsdcom | Nov 7, 2016 | Intern Supervision, Uncategorized
In the State of California, most clinical interns (IMF, ASW, PCCI) can receive their supervision via teleconferencing. This move is allowing interns to break some of the past barriers to obtaining hours, and also grants more freedom to find a clinical supervisor that...
by therapyinsdcom | Oct 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
Over the years, I’ve found that there are some questions that I’ve asked time and again about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and how it works. Thought I’d share them with you- please comment if there are others you’d like me to address in future...
by therapyinsdcom | Feb 8, 2016 | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Hypnotherapy
According to a recent Gallup poll, more than 51-percent of Americans want to lose weight, but only about 25-percent have found a way to seriously work toward their goal of shedding pounds and losing inches. Diets are complex, and most weight loss plans either do not...
by therapyinsdcom | Sep 13, 2015 | Anxiety, Parenting
How Can Hypnotherapy Help My Child? Teenagers suffer from anxiety in much the same way as their parents and other adults, even when living in loving homes and surrounded by supportive family and friends. While the actual concern that brings about the anxiety may be...
by therapyinsdcom | Sep 9, 2015 | Anxiety
Anxiety occurs when a certain stimulation or event causes us to behave apprehensively. It offers a form of self-protection and often triggers our fight or flight response so that we take action when faced with dangerous, unhealthy or unsafe situations. While anxiety...
by therapyinsdcom | Sep 2, 2015 | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
When you make the decision to lose weight, you probably think about cutting calories, reducing fat or carbohydrates and increasing your daily exercise. While these are all excellent strategies for getting rid of those excess pounds and many doctors recommend them, we...
by therapyinsdcom | Aug 26, 2015 | Hypnotherapy
Significant life events and the day-to-day grind sometimes leave us vulnerable to negative self-talk and stuck emotions. A sort of counter-productive programming can occur in the subconscious mind and become so ingrained that we are no longer aware that the negativity...
