All Things CBT

What Should I DO?!

Our families, friends, and patients sometimes urgently ask us what they should do about some crisis in their lives. Should they continue working on a marriage that has become cold, hostile, and dispiriting? Should they leave? Should they carry to term a fetus with a high probability of being born with Down Syndrome? Should they

Heartbreak Hotel

When someone breaks our heart, the pain of this rejection or betrayal can travel with us through time. One reason we can continue suffering years after a breakup is that we haven’t accepted and grieved the loss. We might want to avoid feeling the pain involved, or fear what will happen if we open ourselves