Go Find Your Wise Mind If It’s Gone Missing
As a tennis player, I occasionally mis-hit a ball on the frame instead of the strings (also known as a “shank”, the player therefore known as a “Shank-a-potamus”, and the…
How to Help Your Student Face Another Pandemic School Year
A year and a half is a very long time for a child. For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, schooling meant sitting in front of a screen. Parents helped young…
Radical Acceptance! What Is It And How To Practice It
Having lived through a pandemic, we all learned a thing or two about radical acceptance without even knowing it. It took many of us weeks to months to accept the…
Posted inParenting Relationships Self-Help
Tantrums vs. Meltdowns: How To Help Your Child (And Yourself)
Strategies For Your Family To Effectively Deal With Tantrums and Meltdowns — If you are like most parents, you have probably had the experience of a crying, screaming, tantruming child…
Posted inCBT in Action Covid Depression Parenting
Special Post #2: Shelter In A Circus and Beware Silver Linings
I hope you’ve been taking care of the most Essential Business: staying sane and healthy. (I cannot wait to expand the meaning of "Essential Business" and hope somebody funny patents…
Posted inAnxiety CBT in Action Depression Parenting Self-Help
Good Therapy Should Include Teaching These Two Skills
Here are two topics that come up over time with nearly everyone in my office. I use them to evaluate a person's well-being and assess where to begin. Ready to…
10 things I learned in 10 Years
10 years ago this month, I opened up my private practice in a beautiful old Mediterranean house-turned-office building in Berkeley. Instead of throwing a party for my 10 year old office plant,…
Posted inCovid Depression Parenting Relationships
Feeling Full Of Humble Pie?
Wow, has it been awhile that you can't seem to catch a break? How do you deal with rejection, loss, and other humbling events? Here are some tips to cope when it feels like…
Posted inDepression Parenting Self-Help Students
You Can Teach Your Kids Resilience; Here’s How and Why
I've written before about the ability to recover from setbacks, trauma, and disappointment. Resilience is not just a state of mind that some of us are born into implementing more than…
Posted inCBT in Action Depression Parenting Self-Help
Don’t Believe In Your Bubble
Some of us believe that when things are peaceful for awhile, there are inevitable bumps in the road about to come. The good fortune of starting a new relationship or…