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.
5 Reasons to Forgive Yourself (and How to Do Better Going Forward)
“At the end of life, the wish to be forgiven is ultimately the chief desire of almost every human being. In refusing to wait; in extending forgiveness to others now; we begin the long journey of becoming the person who will be large enough, able enough and generous enough to ...
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4 Common Types of Self-Talk
By Bob Sthal How paying attention to your internal dialog can free you from you self doubt, and help familiarize you with your own personal brand of autopilot. The Laboratory of Neuroimaging at the University of Southern California says that a person has about seventy thousand thoughts per day. Whether that is true ...
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Why Losing Control Can Make You Happier
By Raj Raghunathan We all have a deep-seated drive to feel in control. But taking it too far can make you miserable. Human beings have a deep-seated desire for certainty and control. Several studies show this need serves at least two important purposes. First, it helps us believe that we can ...
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The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction
By MAIA SZALAVITZ Drug education is the only part of the middle school curriculum I remember — perhaps because it backfired so spectacularly. Before reaching today’s legal drinking age, I was shooting cocaine and heroin. I’ve since recovered from my addiction, and researchers now are trying to develop innovative prevention programs ...
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6 Life Lessons I Have Learned from Taylor Swift
By Ashley Curiel Psy.D Don’t let my youthful face fool you—I’m a few years older than Taylor Swift. (No, I’m not telling you how many years older. How rude of you to ask! We just met.) Nonetheless, the iconic pop star has several lessons those from every generation—millennials to boomers—could ...
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Why We Need to Teach Kids Emotional Intelligence
By Dr. Lisa Firestone, Ph.D For years, I’ve taught a weekly psychology class to students ranging from 7 to 14 years-old. In this class, I encourage self-reflection, asking kids to identify and express what they think and feel and to consider the thoughts and feelings of others. The results are ...
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Avoiding Negativity Doesn’t Make You More Positive
BY BRIANNA WIEST Inner peace is not the insistence that you can’t tolerate “negative” people, places or situations, it is having the ability to cope with them. Think about the language that surrounds cultivating happiness: “We need to release every cell of negativity.” This implies that love, the “highest vibration,” ...
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Music to Heal the Mind, Heart, and Body
By Traci Stein, PhD, MPH, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Topic Expert Contributor Humans have been making music ever since they realized that tapping two sticks together could create an engaging beat. Music can foster feelings of joy, unleash our creativity, and is often a key feature of our most enjoyable social gatherings. Ever versatile, ...
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Let’s Get Curious!
adobe stock By Patricia Rockman Mindfulness is disruptive, says Patricia Rockman, because it changes how we pay attention to things, and ultimately, our experience of the world. Here are mindfulness techniques that can help you shift your focus. Although curiosity killed the cat it would appear that it is ...
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How Can Mindfulness Help Shyness?
By Line Goguen-Hughes How Can Mindfulness Help Shyness? Mindfulness is the awareness that grows from being present in the unfolding moments of our lives without judging or trying to change anything that we experience. It’s a friendly and curious awareness that we all have, though we may not experience it very ...
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