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.
How to Escape the Mindless Eating Trap
Dr. Melissa McCreeryClinical Psychologist Mindless eating is that eating that happens outside of our awareness, like when we finish the basket of tortilla chips without even realizing it, or keep returning to the kitchen on autopilot to keep trimming off one more slice of brownie, or finish our huge restaurant serving just ...
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Feelings: Better to Sit with Them Than to Run from Them
By Sarah Noel, MS, LMHC, Person Centered / Rogerian Psychotherapy “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 you ...
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40 Quotes That Will Quiet Your Mind
By Jade Small Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. You know how you always turn down the volume on the ...
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3 Ways to Create a Productive Routine
By Amy Morin There has been a lot of chatter lately about the importance of preserving your mental energy for the most important tasks. This energy conservation movement has led many people to cut back on the small choices they're making every day, ranging from what they're going to wear to ...
Read More 10 Powerful Quotes to Read When We’re Feeling Stuck
Via Becky Vollmer As someone with a keen interest in empowerment and choice, I recently conducted a survey about feeling “stuck”—what triggers it, how we feel about it and what we do in response. More than 500 people around the world responded. Not surprisingly, responses revealed that every single one of us―regardless ...
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Getting to Serenity: 10 Daily Habits for Inner Peace
By Meerabelle Dey We all want serenity, that elusive state of calm that seems to belong solely to Tibetan monks and yoga instructors. People with serenity are better equipped to enjoy life. Their small problems remain small and don't become magnified into huge catastrophes. And when real crises arise, they react ...
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The Muscle to Train for Your Emotional Well-Being
By Nate Altmeyer Self-compassion is the muscle to train and strengthen to enhance emotional well-being. The practice of extending loving-kindness toward ourselves in moments of weakness and vulnerability is what will ultimately promote resiliency in the face of adversity. It is not until we silence our harshest critic (ourselves) and chose ...
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What You Resist May Make You Anxious
By Becki A. Hein, MS, LPC, Anxiety Topic Expert Contributor Many people come to my office wanting help for their anxiety. Much of the time, their anxiety can be clearly connected to events going on in their lives. I help them learn to stay in the present moment, to stop their habit of imagining ...
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The Attitudes of Mindfulness for Beginners
First off, congratulations on your decision to enhance your personal growth through mindfulness! This is something you are doing for yourself and your well-being so make a commitment to schedule formal times to practice these exercises just as you would other important appointments. It is easy to lose enthusiasm and ...
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How To Rescue Yourself From Obsessive Worrying
BY DEBBIE HAMPTON Worrying has become a national pastime. Whether you're worrying about repaying your college loan, having job stability in an unstable economy or making sure your toddler hits all the developmental milestones at the right times, there's no shortage of material for mind sweat. According to The Anxiety And Depression ...
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