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INSIGHTS AND TOOLS TO EMPOWER CHANGE
Reflections on Well-Being, Contentment, Psychological Science, Cognitive Behavioral and other Evidence-based Therapies
What are Core Beliefs in CBT
In CBT, core beliefs are the deepest level of negative thinking patterns. These are fundamental assumptions we hold about ourselves.
Aug 19, 2024
Imaginal Exposure for Anxiety Treatment
When our fears involve imagined situations that we can’t replicate in the real world, we use imaginal exposure for anxiety treatment.
Aug 1, 2024
Examine the Evidence: A powerful CBT technique
"Examine the evidence" empowers individuals to challenge negative thoughts by scrutinizing the evidence supporting and refuting them.
Jul 31, 2024
When Life Gets Stormy: Drop Anchor and Find Your Calm with the ACE Technique
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy offers a powerful technique called ACE or "drop anchor" to help us navigate stormy waters and find calm.
Jul 22, 2024
Double Standard TEAM-CBT Technique
what if you treated yourself with the same kindness and understanding you'd offer a friend in the same situation?
Jun 30, 2024
"Opposite Action" Technique in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
At our core, emotions are wired with action tendencies. The opposite action technique in DBT disrupts this automatic cycle.
Jun 24, 2024
Health Benefits of Walking
Walking can reduce stress, ease anxiety, and combat that nagging desire to do nothing that comes with a clinically significant depression.
Jun 2, 2024
Self-care While You Wait for Psychotherapy
Here are some tips for taking care of yourself while you wait for your psychotherapy to start.
May 19, 2024
Depressive Triad: I suck, the world sucks, and it will be like this forever!
When someone is depressed, there are three common themes to the content of their thoughts: negative views of self, the world and the future.
May 5, 2024
A Bit about Positive Psychology
What if we didn't have to get unwell to begin with? There is a whole field of psychology focused on that: Positive Psychology.
Apr 3, 2024
Mindfully Going Through Your Work Day
The antidote to inefficiency and disengagement is to add both a sense of purpose and mindful action to our days.
Mar 31, 2024
Fight or Flight?
See what happens in our body when our brains perceive a possible threat (yes, it is just like it was for our cavemen ancestors).
Feb 29, 2024
How to Get Started with a Mindfulness Practice
What is mindfulness? It is a concept describing a state where we pay full attention to the present moment.
Feb 7, 2024
Why We All Have Troubled Relationships
TEAM-CBT suggests motivation, not just skills or self-esteem, is key to improving relationships. True change begins when we act first.
Jan 23, 2024
How common is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
GAD is that nagging, annoying, and relentless nasty voice in your head reminding you of everything that can possibly go wrong.
Dec 22, 2023
Empowering Change
"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
- Viktor Frankl
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