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.
3 STEPS YOU NEED FOR MEDITATING ON GRATITUDE
BY EDITORINPANTS A lot of work has gone into the study of gratitude. I have even written on it being one of the keys to loving life right now. Another dimension of gratitude is appreciation. THE FACT THAT PEOPLE EXIST IS WHAT OPENS YOU UP TO LIVING. I came across this ...
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Understanding Resilience
Arthur: Fleur Heazlewood Resilient people are able to utilise their skills and strengths to cope and recover from problems and challenges. Resilience does not eliminate stress or erase life’s difficulties. What it does do though is give people the strength to tackle problems head on, overcome adversity and move on with ...
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How Your Body Can Change Your Mind and Mood
October 27, 2015 • By Nicole S. Urdang, MS,NCC, DHM, Holistic Psychotheraypy. Topic Expert Contributor “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” —Thích Nhất Hạnh Historically, therapy has been all about the mind changing the mind, but what if your body ...
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The obstacle is the answer: How to take control of every situation
POSTED BY ROSANNA CASPER Welcome to Victimland—a dystopian theme park we all spend too much time in. Hardly a day goes by that we don’t complain, criticize, blame, gossip or compare ourselves to other people. I certainly struggle with it. I’ll take 30 minutes to journal or meditate only to ...
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3 Key Components to Building Your Healthy Self-Care Routine
By GoodTherapy.org Staff Establishing a good self-care routine can sort of be compared to putting on an oxygen mask when an airplane cabin loses pressure. “Put your own mask on first before assisting others,” the flight attendant warns us during the safety brief before departure. While it may seem selfish and counterintuitive ...
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9 Things Every Parent with an Anxious Child Should Try
By Renee Jaim, MAPP As all the kids line up to go to school, your son, Timmy, turns to you and says, “I don’t want to take the bus. My stomach hurts. Please don’t make me go.” You cringe and think, Here we go again. What should be a simple morning ...
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What It Really Means to Practice Radical Acceptance
By Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Associate Editor There are many misconceptions about what radical acceptance — a skill taught in dialectical behavior therapy — actually looks like. One of the biggest myths is that radical acceptance means agreeing with what happened. People assume that acceptance is akin to approval. If I accept what happened, then ...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stz--d17ID4&feature=emb_title "based on the work of Marsha Linehan and colleagues." Thank you to all for putting this together at UCSF Esme A.L. Shaller, Ph.D. Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF & UC Berkeley Director, Dialectical & Cognitive Behavior Therapies The Young Adult & Family Center, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, UCSF
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Powerful 5-Minute Hand Exercise for Instant Energy Boost & Emotional Balance
Jin Shin Jyutsu is an ancient Japanese art, philosophy and a powerful alternative health practice. It harmonizes the life energy in the body, which promotes physical, spiritual, mental and emotional health. Some of the benefits of Jin Shin Jyutsu are the fact that it: > Promotes pain relief > Induces relaxation ...
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P.L.A.Y.N.O.W.: How to Bring Mindfulness into Your Life
By Elisha Goldstein Co-founder of The Center for Mindful Living in Los Angeles; Author, 'Uncovering Happiness'; 'The Now Effect'; Co-author, 'A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook' Derrick was 13 years old when he stepped into my office complaining of "just not enjoying anything in life." His parents told me they'd tried everything. ...
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