Ask a Therapist: How Helpful Are Self Help Books?
What is meaningful and helpful for one person may not be for another. Also, people have different learning styles, which is another reason why one size (book) doesn’t fit all.
Ideas To Cure The Winter Blahs
This winter has proven more challenging than most of us expected. The lack of sunlight, extreme cold and extra stress may leave you feeling irritable, disconnected or listless. Below are some suggestions to improve your Read more >
Pressing The “Off” Button Parts I & II
So how does this relate to affecting the way we think? To understand that, I’ll probably need to share an analogy that I use for what meditation represents. I like to imagine our thoughts and mind as a mental food processor. Our “mind” is represented by the whirling blade, always slicing and re-slicing anything that comes in contact with it. The problems start when we drop anything sticky in there, after which no matter how many times it gets knifed, it ends up stuck to the sides.
Alternatives To The New Year’s Resolution
Originally Posted on January 3, 2011 by Debra LeClair Psy.D. Setting goals and working towards them is very ingrained in our culture. However, if you find that the thought of setting a new years resolution Read more >
Keys To Building Personal Resilience, Part II: Care of the Mind and Emotions
Originally Posted on November 3, 2010 by Debra LeClair Psy.D. Walking the line between realism and optimism is huge when it comes to building empowerment. In contrast, negativity tends to keep us in a fear-based Read more >
Do you Need Psychotherapy, Life Coaching, Or Both?
Originally Posted on September 29, 2010 by Debra LeClair Psy.D As time goes on, the nature of the helping professions continues to thankfully evolve. For so long, seeking psychotherapy has carried a stigma. That perception Read more >
Keys To Building Personal Resilience, Part II: Care of the Mind and Emotions
By Debra LeClair Psy.D. Walking the line between realism and optimism is huge when it comes to building empowerment. In contrast, negativity tends to keep us in a fear-based mode of living. How hard is Read more >
Do you Need Psychotherapy, Life Coaching, Or Both?
Life coaching is also a relationship that is designed to be purely helpful to the client. When a person seeks the services of a life coach, they are looking to find ways to "close the gap" from where they are now in their life to where they really want to be.
Letting Go of Busy
for those of you that have truly committed to having more peace and quiet in your life, you may have found that it is a struggle to give up the "busy-ness".
Taking A Mindful Minute: Cloud Checks
As with all mindful exercises, there is no judgment about my inquiry. Even typically “annoying” sounds or smells, I notice without judgment.