CBT California Blog

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Gratitude can flow from sadness

Gratitude can flow from sadness

Many of us are preparing for holidays that involve some loss—less togetherness, less travel, the loss of job security while we shop for gifts. Sadness is the emotion that comes from loss, yet we often view sadness as dangerous, unwanted, too uncomfortable to feel more...

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Emotions as Messengers

Emotions as Messengers

Think of your emotions as a source of information. If we don’t attend to our emotions, we have no way of receiving the messages. Mindfulness of current emotions, a DBT emotion regulation skill, teaches us how to observe our emotion rather than blocking, keeping, or...

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CBTC Skillful Sunday – DBT Mindfulness Skill: One Mindfully

CBTC Skillful Sunday – DBT Mindfulness Skill: One Mindfully

So often we find ourselves rushing, shifting from one task to another without fully paying attention to or completing any. Have you noticed yourself "skimming across the surface," as Tara Brach calls it? When we are here, we are shallow, frazzled, avoiding. Perhaps...

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Black Lives Matter

To Our CBT California Community The killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis follows an unacceptable pattern of racism, violence and dehumanization against the Black community.  Not only in our country, but across the world. Institutionalized racism...

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COVID Anxiety Got You Down?

Do you have COVID anxiety? So many of us are afraid of contracting the Coronavirus (COVID-19). If the fear is overwhelming, there is hope. According to US NEWS, CBT delivered online may ease the fears associated with COVID-19. CBT California offers online CBT for...

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CBT California Staff is Blogging

Welcome readers! In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the CBT California staff is blogging and working hard to continue delivering high-quality therapeutic services. We want to stay connected to our clients and their families. Our hope is that we are able to provide...

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