by Other | May 3, 2019 | Personal Improvement, Sleep/Relaxation, Therapy
Written by Haim Shemer, Psy.D. Are you sleepless in San Diego? Does the mystery of falling fast to sleep keep you up at night? That sleep plays a critical role in our daily functioning is an undisputed fact. Giving sleep the attention it deserves constitutes a major...
by Jen McWaters, Psy.D. | Apr 12, 2019 | Anxiety, Personal Improvement, Therapy
Is joy lurking in your closet? Is satisfaction hiding under your stuff? While browsing Netflix I found a new show entitled “Tidying up with Marie Kondo.” Intrigued, I watched an episode of Marie Kondo’s world of tidying and organizing. Known as her KonMari Method, it...
by Demet Çek, Ph.D. | Mar 15, 2019 | Anxiety, Introduction, Therapy
What fascinates me is the powerful role that emotions play in directing human behavior. Emotions are central to our experience, whether they are expressed through the beats of a song that make masses dance together or through psychological symptoms that cause social...
by Michael Toohey, Psy.D. | Mar 8, 2019 | Depression, Introduction, LGBTQ+, Therapy
Joining Therapy Changes feels like the culmination of a lifetime of service dedicated to helping others. I started helping others in the 8th grade as a volunteer when my junior high school opened a facility for severely developmentally delayed youth. In high school,...
by Other | Mar 1, 2019 | Mindfulness, Therapy
Written by Haim Shemer, Psy.D. I had the fortune to partake of a Relational Mindfulness class in which our teacher introduced an acronym called “RAIN.” RAIN is a mindful technique used to manage challenging feelings. Taken from the teachings of psychologist, author,...
by Other | Feb 11, 2019 | Mindfulness, Personal Improvement, Relationships, Sleep/Relaxation, Stress, Therapy, Yoga
Written by Kimberly Nenemay, Psy.D. My first experience with the word “self-care” came to me as a graduate student. The term was used to describe a measure for preventing professional burnout. We were being taught, as burgeoning “helpers” to others, that it was...
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