resilience, Grit & Mindset

How can natural spaces help with anxiety and depression?

Have you come across the groundbreaking article by Yaohua Tian on Xpress? It delves into a pioneering study that unveils how residing near green spaces can uplift our spirits and alleviate anxiety and depression. This research marks a significant milestone as the first scientific endeavor to substantiate the profound connection between nature and our emotional… Continue reading How can natural spaces help with anxiety and depression?

How does cognitive therapy help depression?

Cognitive therapy is as effective as anti-depressants. I use a strengths-based approach. We will identify your values and aspirations and develop goals based on them. We will locate your schemas, which are mental structures that organize information. Develop realistic views about yourself, the world, and others, known as the cognitive triad. For depression, I will… Continue reading How does cognitive therapy help depression?

Are You Stuck?

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that was designed for PTSD. CPT is an empirically based and researched protocol to help people work through their stuck points. CPT helps the patient set goals. Some goals that help track PTSD symptoms weekly. We will focus on an impact event to examine.… Continue reading Are You Stuck?

Socratic Questioning

Socrates looms large in psychotherapy. His style of questioning has persisted for a couple millennia. I will ask Socratic questions, but I won’t drink hemlock. All questions are not equal. Socratic questions are an essential part of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Some typical Socratic questions, according to Christine Padesky are 1. Have you ever been in… Continue reading Socratic Questioning

Motivational Interviewing

Why and how do people change? Psychotherapy took a confrontational style up until about the 1970s. But we have developed more of a collaborative approach called Motivational Interviewing (MI) since the 1980s. With MI we will develop “the righting reflex.” People become ambivalent. MI has developed sort of a science of change. I will develop… Continue reading Motivational Interviewing

The Benefits of Online Therapy

Unsure about online therapy. Here are some answers to those questions.

Dating Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder?

I dated a woman who had described herself as having Borderline Personality Disorder, Bi-Polar, and ADHD. I was already familiar with ADHD and Bi-Polar. But having a relationship with someone with Borderline Personality Disorder was more difficult than reading about the personality disorder in textbooks. The relationship ended horribly. I was at a loss for… Continue reading Dating Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder?

Thinking vs Doing: Techniques for ADHD

Based on the work of Russel Barkley, one of the leading experts in ADHD in adults and children, shows how the general behavior functions help this widespread human ailment. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects a person’s ability to focus, stay organized, and control impulses. Barkley’s theory proposes that ADHD is not just a problem… Continue reading Thinking vs Doing: Techniques for ADHD

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Fowl humour: “A Cluckwork Orange” Answer from… Albert Einstein: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road crossed the chicken depends upon your frame of reference. Aristotle: To actualise its potential. B.F. Skinner: Because the external influences which had pervaded its sensorium from birth had caused it to develop in such a fashion that it would… Continue reading Why did the chicken cross the road?