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.
Technology Is Literally Changing Our Brains. Here’s The Conversation I Wish We Were Having
By Dr. Leslie Carr I love the Internet. I love the freedom and the power it gives me as a business owner. I can share my ideas with the world by blogging. I can see my clients on Skype when I travel. I’ve created business partnerships with Twitter DMs. No ...
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A DBT Skill To Feel Motivated and Confident
By Emily Roberts, MA, LPC It is hard to feel motivated sometimes but you can feel motivated and confident with this dialectical behavior therapy skill, or DBT skill. Confidence can take a hit when we are feeling unmotivated and uninspired, leading to a bleak view about ourselves and the world we live in. ...
Read More 4 Strategies for Silencing That Vicious Voice in Your Head
When your brain fills with doubt and you feel you've lost control of your life, there are transformative steps you can take to get back on track. In the videos above, spiritual guru Eckhart Tolle, life coach Tim Storey, meditation expert Jon Kabat-Zinn and best-selling author Cynthia Bond reveal their ...
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How to Set Up a Daily Mindful Eating Practice: Nine steps to developing mindful eating skills.
Joshua Resnick/Dollar Photo Club By Ronna Kabatznick Eating is such a significant part of our daily lives, yet it’s so easy to disconnect from it. In one moment, our plates are full, and in the next, completely empty. What happened? We hardly tasted or consciously enjoyed even one bite. We can ...
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I’m Not Going to Tell You It Will Be Okay
By Stephenie Zamora Not because I don’t think it will be (because, okay, it will be). But because that’s not helpful to you where you’re standing right now. That’s a thing we say to each other when we can’t find any other words. It will be fine. It will be okay. ...
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10 Ways to Feel Confident Doing Things That Scare You
By Kulraj Singh "With confidence, you have won before you have started.” ~Marcus Garvey It’s not a great feeling. Whether it’s meeting new people, speaking in front of a crowd, or learning a new skill, that inner knowing that you just aren’t feeling strong enough to competently complete the task ahead ...
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21 Anxiety Grounding Techniques
By Kate White Sometimes the worst stress comes from the things that are all too terribly familiar. There are times that anxiety can make even daily tasks seem insurmountable, even though I’ve done them countless times before. I know it’s something I can do, it’s just that in that moment it’s implausible, nigh on impossible I ...
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Short Breathing Meditation Exercise for Anxiety with Thich Nhat Hanh
“Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present momentI know this is the only moment.” – Thich Nhat Hanh I was reading a post about anxiety on another blog recently, and it made me think about this short breathing meditation exercise for anxiety. The reason ...
Read More Oprah Winfrey talks with Thich Nhat Hanh Excerpt – Powerful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ9UtuWfs3U&feature=emb_title The powers of mindfulness, insight, concentration and compassion.
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How to Hack Your Habits
By Dr. Lara Fielding You know how it goes when you get triggered. Something happens, and before you know it, you are hooked! Pulled into an auto-pilot repertoire of thinking and behaving, which inevitably leads to a less than ideal outcome. These traps are extraordinarily difficult for us to catch ...
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