If you're feeling overwhelmed, anxious or depressed, or are just wrestling with day-to-day life, working with an experienced therapist can be enormously helpful. I see individuals and couples-teens and adults-helping sort through problems with relationships, family, friends, school, and work. Blog - Posts going back years, including reposts from my old blogs on the Huffington Post and Psychology Today.
Reading & Resources - Potentially useful books and workbooks, phone numbers, and websites. Office - Directions to my office in Los Feliz, easily reached from just about anywhere in Los Angeles.
Reading & Resources - Potentially useful books and workbooks, phone numbers, and websites. Office - Directions to my office in Los Feliz, easily reached from just about anywhere in Los Angeles.
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I have experience with an extremely wide range of clients and concerns. I've worked with people in early recovery from substance abuse at a residential rehab. As a therapist at an outpatient clinic, I helped with issues of all kinds. I've worked with clients in severe crisis and with people who simply want to feel better than they do now-happier, more fulfilled.
Before seeking psychotherapy for chronic pain or other possibly stress-related illness, please talk to a mind-body oriented medical doctor. In Los Angeles, try MindBody Workbook author, Dr. David Schechter. A list of MDs with a stress illness orientation in other cities and states is here. Mindfulness meditation has been shown to be a powerful way to help decrease anxiety and depression and boost your overall sense of well-being.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is based on the premise that our thoughts, actions, and feelings are all connected. Therefore, when we feel depressed, we are more likely to have depressed thoughts like, "I'm a loser" or "I'm a failure, " or "I am unlovable." We are also more likely to engage in depressive behavior such as isolating.
Mindfulness practice involves focusing on one thing in the moment. In mindfulness meditation, that one thing is the breath-noticing each inbreath and each outbreath-how each breath feels and what it does. But the practice doesn't end with mindfulness meditation-you can mindfully drive, eat, walk, or fold your laundry.
