I’ve recently come to understand new dimensions of cognition by doing a deep dive into research on dogs. Canine study labs are turning up convincing evidence that dogs think, feel, process language, problem solve, remember, plan, dream – even love – much like human beings do. Understanding these faculties are not the sole property ofContinue Reading: New Online Class: Understanding Our Best Friend

Researchers have long debated the effect size of exercise on depression. A large study published this year in the journal BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) analyzed outcome data from 218 studies and over 14,000 participants. In this post I review the evidence it presents and recommendations it makes regarding the inclusion of exercise inContinue Reading: Is Exercise An Antidepressant?

This month our intensity CBT (LICBT) pilot in California’s Pomona Valley received its 6th and 7th grants, totaling $60,000 of additional support for the program. Three years ago All Things CBT and Uncommon Good, a Pomona Valley California nonprofit, launched the nation’s first LICBT program. LICBT is a global movement  that trains lay people toContinue Reading: Can Laypeople Deliver Quality Mental Healthcare?

This month the peer-reviewed journal Psychological Reports published a paper I and two colleagues wrote presenting outcome data from a study of our integrative PTSD treatment protocol. The protocol combines cognitive-behavioral therapy and yoga, as presented in our self-help book, Reclaiming Life After Trauma. The study found the protocol produced significant reductions in all PTSDContinue Reading: New Outcome Study Of Reclaiming Life After Trauma Protocol

Most of us enact our relational patterns with little conscious awareness of the moving parts involved. These parts include our interpersonal beliefs [or “rules”] and the roles into which they thrust us.In this audio recording of a recent All Things CBT Class, we practiced the Interpersonal Downward Arrow, a potent cognitive method that gets atContinue Reading: Map Your Relationships!