Self-compassion, as per Kristin Neff, PhD, a pioneering self-compassion researcher, entails giving ourselves “the same kindness and care we’d give a good friend.” Self-kindness will not only help increase our ability to cope with difficulties, but also help us succeed. A few weeks ago, I was most fortunate in being able to meet Dr Kristin […]
How to Build Mental Strength (Even If You’re Overwhelmed)
Have you been looking for a way to boost your mental strength, or increase your ability to cope with life’s inevitable stresses and challenges? If yes, you will want to take Amy Morin’s new online course: Mental Strength: Mastering the 3 Core Factors. This course is based upon Amy’s well-known post and subsequent book 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t […]
How to Promote Community Resilience Outside Therapy
How to Help Communities Recover From Disasters Have you wanted to find out how you may employ your clinical skills to help individuals/the community outside of the traditional setting? As per the inspiring talk “Outside the Four Walls,” Jack Saul, PhD gave at the 2015 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, there are many different ways that mental health professionals and social […]
How to Increase Your Resiliency
Would you like to find out 5 easy ways to build up your resiliency? Resilience is a critical skill for us all. As per Linda Graham, MFT, resilience refers to “the capacity to respond to pressures and tragedies quickly, adaptively and effectively.” Furthermore, “being able to adapt our coping to a specific challenge is the skill that […]
What Do You Do When a Loved One Has Cancer?
I hope you don’t mind but today I thought I would write a rather personal post. As some of you may know from Employing Fran Drescher’s “Cancer Schmancer” Approach, there is someone near and dear to me who has cancer. Since that post, my friend has undergone a series of intensive chemotherapy and things were […]
