Do you have a difficult person in your life? In your family, perhaps, or amongst your neighbors or colleagues? Maybe you’re a therapist and have a difficult patient or two. My colleagues at Ramat Gan College in Tel Aviv invited me there next week to give a workshop on this topic. In this short videoContinue Reading: Dealing With Difficult People

Please join me and 14 of my closest colleagues August 18 – 21 for the first-ever international symposium on TEAM CBT. If you’re unable to be on the ground with us in Warsaw, Poland, join us via our live stream – which will also be recorded for viewing at any time by all registrants. BothContinue Reading: International TEAM CBT Symposium [in-person & online] August 18 – 21, Warsaw, Poland

Religious observance, spiritual practice and cognitive-behavioral therapy are fellow travelers. While each covers its own ground and has its particular vocabulary, all share a common destination: life lived in accord with the way things really are. In a recent meeting of our weekly online consultation group, All Things CBT, senior faculty took up the questionContinue Reading: Religion, Spirituality & CBT

Psychiatric symptoms – panic attacks say, or suicidal thoughts – arise from the deep ecology of an individual human life. Appreciating the role a symptom plays in this big picture enables us to understand and empathize with patients in a vital way. Such understanding and empathy in turn set the stage for successful intervention inContinue Reading: Holistic Diagnosis

All Things CBT is now accepting entries to its annual shame attacking contest. Shame attacking – doing something silly in a public setting – is a CBT technique that can free us from being overly concerned about others’ appraisal of us. It’s a free, fun, powerful way to show the world we’re comfortable enough inContinue Reading: 2022 World Championships Of Shame Attacking