Our Practice
Sasha Ginsburg and Erin Lotz were born and raised in Los Angeles. They met working together in 2010 as therapists at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, teaching Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and using it to treat patients struggling with many different diagnoses. After sometime, they discovered that was a huge gap in the field of Mental Health and they decided to launch a clinic in West Los Angeles dedicated to teaching DBT individually and in group settings.
How to Tame Your Inner Critic
By Dr. Lisa Firestone There are countless quotes, mantras and entire philosophies dedicated to telling us to find and follow our “inner voice.” This is a something I agree with wholeheartedly when it’s a matter of freeing ourselves from doubt and hurtful influences to discover who we really are. However, ...
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9 Beliefs You Have to Let Go If You Want to Find Inner Peace
By Benjamin Fishel "Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. It’s seeing through the facade of pretense It’s the complete eradication of everything we imagined to be true.” ~Adyashanti I don’t know exactly when it ...
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A First Aid Kit for When Life Falls Apart
By Helena Onneby What if pain—like love—is just a place brave people visit?” ~Glennon Doyle It’s one of life’s greatest paradoxes: When life is easy, everything seems easy. When life is hard, everything seems hard. This one keeps coming back to me and I keep trying to figure it out. Why ...
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The 10 Most Important Things We Can Do for the People We Love
By Lori Deschene People. Life is all about people. We don’t have to have a ton of relationships, but we all need people in our lives who get us. Who’ve seen our freak flag countless times and love when it comes out. People who tag us on memes that capture our spirit, ...
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Conscious Breathing: A Simple Way to Work Through Emotional Pain and Be Present in Your Life
By Polly Green "Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh I never gave much thought to my breath unless I was submerged under water for long periods without any. Today I rely on it for more than the obvious ...
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How We Avoid Our Feelings and How Embracing Them Sets Us Free
By Sandra Cooper “We numb our minds and heart so one need not be broken and the other need not be bothered.” ~Peggy Haymes Feelings are important, no doubt about it. They communicate all sorts of information to us. I don’t know about you, but I’ve preferred to ignore some ...
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How To Live Your Truth: Identifying Your Values & Mastering Mindful Living
Do you know what the most common regret people express on their deathbed is? It’s “I wish I had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” This blog post is about how not to have that regret on your deathbed. So, what stops people ...
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3 Simple Ways to Make It a Happy New Year
By Will Aylward "The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.” ~Audrey Hepburn Happiness and its pursuit fascinate me. Like most people, I’m curious why on some mornings I wake up and the world is a wonderful place—the sun is shining, happiness oozes out ...
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How to Move Through Feelings of Body Shame
By Corinnes Dobbas “Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” ~Brené Brown My husband’s legs are smaller than mine. I wish I could tell you that when I first realized this (when we were dating) I wasn’t emotionally triggered. ...
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Why “Be Positive” Isn’t the Best Advice When You’re Down
By Michael James “Learn the alchemy true human beings know. The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will open.” ~Rumi As much as I tried to apply personal development ideas in my life, I failed big time. All the affirmations in the world couldn’t make me love ...
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