We want change to happen quickly. However, it takes time to accomplish our New Year’s goals. The following are 7 tips to help you stick with your resolutions and succeed! Tip #1: Stick to One Thing When you are deciding on a New Years resolution, stick to the one thing that is most important to … Continue reading 7 Secrets to Making your New Year’s Resolution Stick: Part 4 of a 4-Part Holiday Series
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10 Ways to Ward off Loneliness This Season: Part 3 of a 4-Part Series
According to a recent Wall Street Journal article by Elizabeth Bernstein, around 40 percent of people in the US say they are lonely. Thirty years ago that number was halved, around 20%. However, feeling lonesome is not just an unpleasant emotion you need to learn to live with. In fact, loneliness actually re-arranges your genes … Continue reading 10 Ways to Ward off Loneliness This Season: Part 3 of a 4-Part Series
IMF & ASW Supervision: 8 Answers to Common Questions and 1 Nobody Asks (But Should)
Earning your clinical license opens up a world of possibilities, so you want to begin gaining hours as soon as possible. Regardless, the process can be confusing for the best of us. Throughout my years of providing IMF and ASW supervision, there are certain questions that I’m asked on a regular basis. Here’s a nice compilation of … Continue reading IMF & ASW Supervision: 8 Answers to Common Questions and 1 Nobody Asks (But Should)
Can’t Meditate? Think Again: 10 of the Best CBT Hacks to Shift your Brain Into Bliss
We’ve all heard that one of the greatest ways to combat everyday feelings of stress, poor concentration and anxiety is to meditate. Research has proven that this magic state literally changes our brain, as outlined in this Washington Post article. While it’s true that meditation is a powerful antidote to many of the everyday maladies … Continue reading Can’t Meditate? Think Again: 10 of the Best CBT Hacks to Shift your Brain Into Bliss
What it Takes to Succeed at Losing Weight: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach
It’s sunblock and swimsuit time in San Diego! Most of us are making sure we have our summer essentials in place, and pretty soon it will be time do your favorite summer activities! Like clockwork, my clients begin to express anxiety about an upcoming pool party or BBQ where they may be wearing a lot … Continue reading What it Takes to Succeed at Losing Weight: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach
The Remarkable Connection Between Happiness and Behavior
When your brain is primed to be positive, it performs 31% more productively than when it is negative, neutral, or stressed. With the happiness advantage, your intelligence, creativity, and energy levels rise. That said, it makes much more sense to focus on how happiness leads to success, instead of the other way around.
Two Simple Approaches to Get Out of the Power Struggle with your Teen
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 interact with your children … Continue reading Two Simple Approaches to Get Out of the Power Struggle with your Teen
FAQs: Receiving Clinical Supervision Online
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 meets your needs....regardless of distance! Am I able to receive supervision via videoconferencing? … Continue reading FAQs: Receiving Clinical Supervision Online
Frequently Asked Questions about CBT
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 blogs! What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? The theory behind cognitive behavioral … Continue reading Frequently Asked Questions about CBT
Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss
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 work or work slowly, meaning results are not seen … Continue reading Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss