Individual counseling insights brought to you California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Timely information about mental health during the pandemic. Everyone feels sad from time to time. It’s only natural. Most people go through blue days or just periods of feeling...

The Bleakest Times of Our Lives Can Give Rise to Remarkably Positive Life Transformations A life crisis is one of the inevitable features of our lives. Learning how to survive a crisis is a crucial skill, and one that we will probably need more than once throughout...

An Eating Disorder Is a Very Serious Problem That Demands Immediate Attention The Chinese used to bind the feet of women to make them smaller. So tiny and fragile were their feet, in fact, that some women were left essentially crippled, barely able to walk. To the...

The incidence of depression in our society seems to be on the rise. Recent estimates suggest that as many as one in three of us will experience some form of depression within our lifetimes. Others claim that depression may even represent a symptom of our times which...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...