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I recently had the deep pleasure of chatting with my colleague and dear friend Leigh Harrington MD about the background of my new book. We talk about my childhood in California, the research I did while writing Tropic, and my hopes for the book now that it’s finding its way into the world. Please joinContinue Reading: Author Interview: My Tropic Of Cancer

Low-intensity CBT is a worldwide movement that for the last two decades has been training laypeople to deliver mental health care in their local communities – for pennies on the dollar that such care traditionally costs. Last week I had the pleasure of site visit to our LICBT program in California’s Pomona Valley. Training thereContinue Reading: ¡Su Doctora Está Dentro! (Your doctor is in!)

On May 26, 2021 North America’s first Low-Intensity CBT [LICBT] training program held its commencement ceremony in California’s Pomona Valley. Low-intensity CBT is a global movement aimed at increasing access to mental health care by means of training laypeople to deliver quality care for pennies on the dollar that such care usually costs. The programContinue Reading: Low-Intensity CBT Trainees Launch!

My new book “My Tropic Of Cancer: Living & Dying With A Dread Disease” will be released on June first. Currently available for presale on Amazon, the book tells the story of my eight year [and counting] journey with this extraordinary disease. In this post I chat with my friend, colleague and fellow cancer travelerContinue Reading: My Tropic of Cancer: Living & Dying With A Dread Disease

Have you ever wondered why we worry so much? And what, if anything, we can do about it? We’re taking up these questions in a class I’m co-teaching this term at Georgetown University’s Integrative Medicine Program. In this post I share some PowerPoint slides from the class that shed light on the neurobiology of worry,Continue Reading: Don’t Worry. Be Happy.