How to Think & Feel More Positive (BBC interview with Padesky)
We are pleased that BBC Radio 4 (Woman’s Hour) asked Dr Christine A. Padesky to talk about Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). Specifically how CBT skills can help people during times of stress. These...
View ArticleThink outside of the box – the light box that is
As we approach summer here in Southern California, we are aware that many of our friends and colleagues in the Southern Hemisphere are heading into their winter season. This article is a timely...
View ArticleMind Over Mood: Q&A with Authors Dennis Greenberger & Christine A. Padesky
Margarita Tartakovsky, MS, an associate editor at PsychCentral interviewed the authors of the 2nd edition of pMind Over Moodp. This 5 minute read includes comments about exercises and worksheets that...
View ArticleGood Tips for the New Year
We found a great article written by Dr. Jelena Kecmanovic, Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University. It has excellent and useful content which highlights many principles of evidence-based...
View ArticleManaging Anxiety and Achieving Balance During COVID-19
The spread of a respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has flooded our daily news with alerts of caution and advisements about social distancing. During these difficult times, we...
View ArticleA Quick Lesson About Soap (covid-19)
This is a great reminder about washing our hands from a Pre-K Teacher. She shows us a cute behavioral experiment to do with kids and an even better reminder to us all that washing our hands with soap...
View ArticleA Peaceful Death for a Radical Innovator. Founder of Cognitive Therapy dies...
In the early hours of the morning on November 1, 2021, the founder of Cognitive Therapy, Dr. Aaron T. Beck, passed away in his sleep at the age of 100 years. His development of cognitive therapy led to...
View ArticleUPDATE: “Studies Fail to Find Evidence that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,...
We have withdrawn two articles that we had posted in CBT News on February 18, 2011. The first article was titled: “Study Shows Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exercise Are Safe Ways to Treat CFS (Chronic...
View Article4 Tips to Outsmart Dopamine
We used to think people did activities associated with dopamine release because they were pleasurable. But what we have learned tells us to pay attention to what happens in the next 4-5 minutes after...
View Article7 Healthy Habits to Lower Risk of Depression
A new study of over 250,000 participants shows that people can reduce their chances of getting depression by as much as 57%. The researchers identify 7 healthy habits including: sleep, healthy diet,...
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