depression

CBT can reduce risk of Perinatal Depression

If you have a history or family history of depression and are pregnant please let your healthcare team know.  Evidence based…

6 years ago

Work and Depression

A recent study in the UK came out with some predictable results.... Relative to a standard 35–40 hours/week, working 55 hours/week or…

6 years ago

Make Decisions Like a Ninja

Decision making can be difficult when we're struggling with a strong emotion and can be problematic when we're coping with…

6 years ago

Challenging Irrational Beliefs with the Continuum Technique

The Continuum Technique is a tool used in CBT to help people challenge irrational beliefs about themselves or the world around…

6 years ago

Does Shame Work?

Before we get into whether shame is effective, we should probably talk about the purpose of shame. Shame has less…

6 years ago

Suicidality and Safety Plans

One area of critical importance in working with clients who struggle with depression, anxiety, and OCD is ensuring that a…

6 years ago

Drive the Feeling

Most of us tend to think about emotions as either good or bad, positive or negative but every emotion can…

6 years ago

Get your Greek on…

Did you know that much of CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) is based on the work of the Athenian philosophers (Socrates,…

6 years ago

Self-Validation

DBT and CBT are both pretty big on changing how you think as a way of changing how you feel.…

6 years ago