Why evidence-based therapy matters?
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
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.
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?
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?
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?
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...Read something that means something
Separation Anxiety Disorder & Social Anxiety
The Compassionate Self Identity at work by Dr. Yotam Heineberg
Social Anxiety & OCD
Body Image Concerns
Phobias
Emotion Regulation
Body Image Concerns
Problematic Eating Behaviors
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Perfectionism
Procrastination
Acute Stress Disorder
