by Info CBT California | Sep 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
“I think of jealousy as ‘angry, agitated worry,’ and as such we can use a wide range of CBT techniques to cope with these intrusive thoughts. Drawing on the work by Adrian Wells—Metacognitive Therapy—we can think of intrusive thoughts as ‘just...
by Info CBT California | Aug 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
MRI for depression patients: “Knowing early on if a therapy method could work is important because it allows health professionals to steer patients to more fitting treatments with a better chance of success. It also reduces the chance a patient would get...
by Info CBT California | Jul 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
” ‘Something that I really think could help with kids in schools is DBT…it teaches kids about coping skills and how they can deal with their emotions…it could also help teachers deal with their [students] depending on how the [students] are...
by Info CBT California | Jun 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
CBT California founder Lynn McFarr in The New York Times: “People with borderline personality disorder have a very difficult time identifying when distress is very high,” said Lynn McFarr, director of the cognitive and dialectical behavior therapy clinic at Harbor...
by Info CBT California | May 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of our major focal points in DBT is increasing assertiveness and giving people skills to navigate negative situations more effectively. This recent article includes one woman’s account of how these particular skills became life changing for her: “For me, the...
by Info CBT California | May 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Do you ever find yourself stuck in rumination? Or spending significant periods of time trying solve a problem that can’t be solved? You are not alone! But there are strategies for avoiding overthinking. “Though most of us ruminate from time to time, some people...
