Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Stress happens when we perceive an event as disturbing or threatening. Our primitive ancestors experienced stress when they had to fight off wild...
Handling Personality Conflicts
Relationship Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Some people are easy to be around and some are not. All of us seem to have at least a few difficult friends in our lives. They can range from those...
Pets and Emotional Wellness
Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. What a revolutionary breakthrough it would be if we found a way to lower blood pressure, lessen the ravages of depression, boost our immune...
Experiencing Grief
Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Grieving comes to most of us at some point in our lives. In fact, statistics show that each person can expect to experience the loss of a loved...
The Resilient Personality – Bouncing Back from Hardship
Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson All of us experience major...
Understanding Anger
Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. “Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear – but around in awareness.” – James Thurber We all get angry. Many people choose not to believe...
A Good Night’s Sleep
Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. “To sleep, perchance to dream – ay, there’s the rub.” — William Shakespeare, from Hamlet The National Sleep Foundation tells us that nearly...
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...
To Forgive
Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” – Mahatma Gandhi All of us have been hurt, in one way or another,...
Understanding Anxiety
Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. “The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.” – Publius Syrus (42 B.C.) Anxiety is the body’s reaction to an event that is experienced as...