pzuritaona, Author at https://eastbaybehaviortherapycenter.com

2013 in review

Dear Readers, WordPress.com prepared a 2013 Annual Report for the East Bay Behavior Therapy Center and I thought about sharing it with all of you. Here are some of the highlights: Crunchy numbers The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. Our...

Why evidence-based therapy matters?

Uncategorized

For over twenty years I’ve been passionate about evidence-based therapy or empirically-supported treatments. I continue to believe in the importance of psychological science, clinical data, and the importance of integrating research findings into my clinical...

Mr. Nelson Mandela and values-driven behaviors

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Behavior change, Uncategorized, Values

On December 5th, 2013 Mr. Mandela passed away. I found myself thinking about how his life clearly reflects a values-based life. His actions were consistent with his personal values even though he was attacked, insulted, arrested, and persecuted multiple times. Over...

Social Anxiety (1): Social anxiety, shyness, and introversion.

Anxiety, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Empirically supported treatments, Interpersonal problems, Parent series: social anxiety, Uncategorized

Over my years of practice, I have noticed that a large percentage of my clients are those who struggle with social anxiety or chronic shyness. They come to therapy because of their ongoing difficulties with these issues at school, work, and/or in intimate...

Anger specialists (3): What are the aversive strategies I use?

Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion Regulation, Empirically supported treatments, Uncategorized

This is post is the last post on this series of “Anger Specialists: Why do I continue to be angry.” In the next paragraphs I’ll describe how anger affects interpersonal relationships and how aversive strategies destroy what people crave the most: intimate...

Anger specialists (2): Why do I continue to be angry?

Behavior change, Interpersonal problems, Uncategorized

In my previous post, Anger specialists (1), Why did I become angry?, I presented a definition of problematic anger, introduced the difference between a healthy anger chain and a problematic one, and discussed the most common factors that lead a person to be angry:...

Anger specialists (1): Why did I became angry?

Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Interpersonal problems, Uncategorized

Quite often in therapy, either my clients or their significant others ask me, why did I became angry? What happened? Why am I such an angry person? I decided to answer those questions in detail in a series of posts about anger that will specifically describe why a...

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2013 in review

Why evidence-based therapy matters?

Mr. Nelson Mandela and values-driven behaviors

Anger specialists (3): What are the aversive strategies I use?

Anger specialists (2): Why do I continue to be angry?

Anger specialists (1): Why did I became angry?

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