How To Fight The Holiday Blues

Individual and Family Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Just to cap off 2020 —probably the strangest year of most of our lives — most of us are celebrating the holidays with far fewer members of our extended families....

Justin Bieber and the Cost of Fame

How would it feel to be the most searched-for person in the world on Google? More amazingly, how would it feel if you were only 17 years old at the time? You might ask Justin Bieber to answer those questions. According to Microsoft’s search engine Bing, more people...

Six Tips For Some Much Needed Self Care

In the aftermath of the election, there is one thing we can all agree on — it has been a long, hard-fought path to the White House. It's time for a time-out, and some self-care for ourselves and our communities. In an insightful CNN article, Sandee LaMotte says,...

Have You Heard Of Agoraphobia?

Individual Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Have you heard of agoraphobia? It’s a type of anxiety disorder that leads you to fear and avoid places or situations that might cause you to have a negative reaction — a bit...

Feeling Better After The Election?

So, now that the election is over, are you feeling better? If not, rest assured you’re not alone. According to the American Psychological Association (APA), the vast majority of Americans did anything but breathe a big sigh of relief. The APS raised a red flag,...

Problematic Personalities

Individual counseling insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. We all have our own unique ways of feeling and thinking and expressing ourselves. Most of the time, our uniqueness is seen simply as an individual difference – or something...

Are You Feeling Socially Isolated?

Quick question: When was the last time you hugged an old friend you happened to bump into at the grocery store? More than likely, you answered – “Well, certainly before last March.” That’s just one of the side effects of the pandemic. While millions of people are now...

Are We All Becoming Socially Awkward?

There have been obvious ramifications of the pandemic we’ve all been enduring since March of this year. Job losses. Cancelled vacations. New exercise routines. The list goes on. Parents have one more concern as the school year begins: a negative impact on social...

Managing Chronic Pain

Pain can be seen as the Body’s Messenger Telling Us That Things Are Not Right – And Let’s See How to Make Them Better Estimates based on research indicate that from ten to thirty percent of the American population suffers from chronic or recurrent physical pain. Pain...