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.
40 Ways to Let Go of Anger Right Now
By Luara Tong “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” ~Buddha Anger is merciless. It leaves you feeling torn up inside. Your head pounds. Your jaw locks. And your muscles scream. Every inch reels in pain with the electric shock that shoots ...
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5 Things That Help a Child with High Sensitivity and Anxiety
By Grace Malonai, PH.D, LPCC, PARENTING Topic Expert Contributor ANXIETY is a surprisingly common problem in children. If your child has sensory processing issues or sensory hypersensitivity, you may have already witnessed how these can bring about or intensify anxiety. These sensory issues aren’t always limited to one type of sensory input. Hypersensitivity ...
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9 Ways to Calm Your Anxious Mind
Powerful research-based approaches to stop racing thoughts and move forward. Anxious thoughts can overwhelm you, making it difficult to make decisions and take action to deal with whatever issue bothers you. Anxietycan also lead to overthinking, which makes you more anxious, which leads to moreoverthinking, and so on. How can you get out ...
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The Space Around Thoughts
Life. Running here and there. Pre-occupied with this and that. Swept away by one thought or another. We barely have time enough to notice time passing, never mind the preposterous proposition, dare I say, to notice not just our thoughts, but the space around them: a momentary peripheral reverberation, an ...
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Benefits of Mindfulness
If asked to explain the value of mindfulness, you may want to consider the following question, can you sit for one minute and completely quiet your mind? Can you do this without feeling like you’re coming out of your skin? When Dr. Donna Rockwell first became interested in mindfulness, she discovered that ...
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Bullying and Mental Health
By Amy Willams We all know that children who are beaten and abused by adults are more likely to develop problems of their own at some point in time in time –– but did you know that bullying by peers is five times more likely to result in anxiety and twice ...
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Inviting Vulnerability: Five Steps to Letting Go
By Erin Moline, MA, LPC, Life Purpose Topic Expert Contributor To me, “vulnerable” is wonderful word. It means openness, freedom, and the opportunity to love and be loved. But for others, it is what they are trying to get away from: They feel that they are too vulnerable. In actuality, the ...
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Get Moving: Chronic Illness and the Benefits of Exercise
By Andrea M. Risi, LPC, Health / Illness / Medical isssues Topic Expert Contributor True or false: If you’re coping with a chronic illness, exercise can be one way to manage your physical and emotional symptoms. If you said true, you are correct! In the past, doctors suggested rest and relaxation for ...
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Thank Goodness: Gratitude as a Tool for Healing
By Tracu Stein, PhD.MPH, Complementary and Alterantive Medicine Topic Expert Contributor Gratitude is associated with a number of mental health benefits. There appears to be variability with regard to how often one feels grateful, but experiencing gratitude can be profoundly, deeply healing. When we are grateful, we leave little room for ...
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Feelings: Better to Sit with Them Than to Run from Them
By SarahNoel, MS, LMHC, Person Center/Rogerian Psychotherapy Topic Expert Contributor “Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes, well, he eats you.” —The Stranger in The Big Lebowski “Mama said there’d be days like this.” —The Shirelles “Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes ...
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