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.
Surfing the Tides of Emotion
By Lara Fielding Clinical psychologist, emphasizing the promotion of stress resilience and emotion regulation through mindfulness skills training. In my last blog, " 4 Core Habits" the influence our thinking has on our emotions was discussed, and some simple practices provided for wrangling your mind back to the present moment. But the ...
Read More Sesame Street: Bruno Mars: Don’t Give UP
https://youtu.be/pWp6kkz-pnQ Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization www.sesamestreet.org
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Quick Mindfulness Skills for Busy Days
By Laura in Mindfulness Exercises “The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry When you’re immersed in an incredibly busy or hectic day, your mind may be bouncing around between many thoughts and your emotional state may react to stimuli with a ...
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Create Lasting Habits: The 4 Psychological Triggers That Catalyze Change
By Matt Jager “Things do not change; we change.” ~Henry David Thoreau The world knows no joy like an evangelist with an opening. My eyes lit up as I jumped into my sermon on the incredible power of lifestyle change. The year previous I had decided it was time to take ...
Read More 12-Steps to Creating Motivation When Depressed
By Nathan Feiles, LCSW Creating motivation when feeling depressed can be one of the most difficult things a person can do. An episode of depression can be physically and emotionally draining. The simplest of tasks seem to take maximum effort, and sometimes even beyond maximum. Some may feel lethargic. It may ...
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Strategies For Coping With Stress/Distress
By Dr. Barbara Bachmeier Automatic Coping There are a multitude of strategies taught to help people cope with stress. With that said, simply reading or learning about them does not help. Why; because, it is the ability to apply these coping strategies easily when a person is triggered by the stress ...
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Music to Heal the Mind, Heart, and Body
By Traci Stein, PhD, MPH, Complementary and Alternative Medicine 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, music ...
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Riding Your Flow: 8 Steps for Enhancing Your Creativity and Productivity
Dr Kelly Neff, The Lucid Planet Why is that we tend to be more successful at pursuits we are genuinely passionate about? Why does time seem to drag when you are completely bored and uninterested in a task? How come you can easily lose yourself in a task that really piques ...
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Seven Steps to Speak Your Uncomfortable Truth
Photo by pedrosimoes7 By Jonice Webb Abigail needs to tell her adult son Mark that she thinks he has a drinking problem. Simon needs to tell his wife Lisa that he’s afraid he doesn’t love her anymore. From time to time, we all find ourselves in a tough spot. Something looks wrong or ...
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Responding Rather Than Reacting
What is the difference in responding and reacting? While the distinction may seem to be one of semantics, the impact of each in your life can be huge because reacting is an instinctual behavior directed by the reptilian brain, and responding is a conscious choice involving input from the more ...
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