When You’ve Got The Transition Blues
Even if you enjoy your job and love your home life, there is something difficult about returning to work after a vacation, or to school after summer — or just…
Two Favorite Ways To Beat Burnout
With all the back and forth of expectations and effort the past two years, “burnout” has become a buzzword worthy of its overuse. Those experiencing burnout are also more likely…
Posted inCovid Habit & Time Management Parenting
Adults: It’s Time To Pay Attention To Your Own Lives
“Character — the ability to accept responsibility for one’s own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.” — Joan Didion, UC Berkeley ’56. With inspiration from the acclaimed…
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
What are the best personality qualities for optimal mental health? We evaluate almost everyone who comes to our practice on their ability to be adaptable to life’s circumstances and to be flexible in their…
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,…