All Things CBT

A medical emergency shines a bright light onto what we might call our mindset. That is, onto our beliefs, thoughts and feelings about ourselves and others, our ways of being and acting in the world. More than most other moments, emergencies show us and others who and how we really are.A member of our AllContinue Reading: When Hearts Attack

We’re all born with a brain. Sadly, it doesn’t generally come with a user’s guide – or even a quick start manual. Until now! Join us on February 19th, 2025 for an online class through the University of New Mexico which will finally provide these missing instructions. How does a brain work? How can weContinue Reading: Your Brain: A User’s Guide

Clinicians often consider anxiety to be a primary diagnosis. In my experience (both personally and professionally) anxiety is also a symptom of an underlying disorder: egoity. By which I mean an over attachment to the experience of a separate self. A self disconnected from other selves and from the world at large.My colleagues and IContinue Reading: Anxiety And Egoity

Sigmund Freud’s “signal theory” of anxiety conceptualizes this emotion as a safeguard protecting us and others from the emergence of threatening intrapsychic and interpersonal material. Freud saw anxiety signaling the presence and press of threatening psychic content – oftentimes aggressive or sexual impulses. Contemporary evolutionary psychology supports Freud’s formulation. Biopsychosocial analysis considers anxiety a legacyContinue Reading: Repression, Anxiety & CBT

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