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...
Staying Healthy At Work
Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Are You Working Hard or Hardly Working? (Or Both?) The atmosphere of the workplace has changed dramatically in recent times. Ever since the...
Loneliness
Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Only the lonely Know the way I feel tonight Only the lonely Know this feeling ain’t right – Roy Orbison If you feel lonely, you’re not alone....
Worry, Worry
Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. It’s a good thing that almost all of us worry. Think of worry as a built-in alarm device. When it is used wisely, it alerts us to danger and prompts us...
The Influence of Birth Order
Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Birth Order Affects Our Behavior and Relationships If brothers and sisters are raised by the same parents, how do they end up so different? How is it...
Distortions in Your Body Image
Individual 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...
Men and Depression
Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. 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...