Individual Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Psychologists and psychiatrists have long understood that people have fairly predictable responses to events and situations that cause deep suffering. Whether it is...
Just Say No To The Amygdala
Individual Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. In our everyday life we usually go merrily along, making mundane decisions about shopping or taking the kids to school or getting ready for work with hardly a second thought....
Burned Out At Work? This May Help.
Individual Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. For ambitious and motivated people, work and career can be an enormous source of satisfaction — and stress. Over the last two years that simple fact has become even more...
Can’t Get Away From Your Email?
Individual Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Do you have a love-hate relationship with email? Is the “love” part of the relationship sadly diminishing? Take heart — you’re not alone. Inboxes overflowing with half-read...
Easy Not-So-Typical Mental Health Habits
Individual Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Once again, there is light at the end of the tunnel. This time, though, it looks like it might be the real thing, and not another version of the pandemic locomotive coming at...
Suffering From Covid Shame?
Individual Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. As if coming down with Covid weren’t bad enough, a lot of people are feeling something else along with their physical ailments — shame. Especially for people who felt like...
How To Keep Pandemic News From Overwhelming You
Individual Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. It’s easy if also painful to measure one aspect of the misery that the pandemic has spread across America over the last two years: by counting the number of lives lost. But...
Don’t Worry, Be Happy. Really?
Individual Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. When things aren’t looking so peachy, many people respond with what may seem like helpful advice. Look on the bright side. Count your blessings. Keep a positive thought. But...
Can You Spot An Emotionally Intelligent Person?
Individual Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. In the wonderful Disney film, Inside Out, the plot revolves around five emotions running the minds of the people they inhabit. The emotions are joy, sadness, anger, fear and...
Breaking Bad Habits — Creating Good Ones
Individual Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. It’s mid-January and statistics say that by now nearly half of us have broken our New Year’s resolutions. Really? What went wrong? Although many people might think it’s a...