Distorted Thoughts… Getting Back to Reality

Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc.   One of the best tools we have for living a healthy life is our ability to think. Our world is composed of a large number of events that happen...

Relationships and Manipulation

Marriage Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. We are all vulnerable to being manipulated in relationships, whether between romantic partners, friends, parents, children, employers, coworkers, or...

Obsessions and Compulsions

Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder was once thought to be a fairly rare but serious mental problem. Specialists saw it as serious mainly because the...

Why Do We Procrastinate?

Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” The Earl of Chesterfield — December 26, 1749 Almost everyone has been afflicted by procrastination...

Arising From Codependence

Emerging From Dysfunctional Childhood Experiences Can Lead to a Journey of Self-Discovery and Independence Marriage Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. The households we grew up in can have a...

Looking For The Right Partner

Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Although some people prefer to remain single throughout their lives, most people strive to connect with and live in partnership with one special...

Finding Happiness

Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Most people seek a life filled with meaning, contentment, gratification, and pleasure. In moments of reflection, we may wonder what we can do to direct...

Distortions In Your Body Image

Family Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. “What disturbs people’s minds is not events, but their judgments on events.” — Epictetus In China, parents once bound the feet of their daughters in...

A Good Night’s Sleep

“To sleep, perchance to dream — ay, there’s the rub.” William Shakespeare, from Hamlet Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc.   The National Sleep Foundation tells us that nearly half of us...

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Family Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Most people with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder don’t know they have it. Indeed, the disorder was not recognized until the 1980’s, and it was not...