Because of its clear research support, CBT dominates the international guidelines for psychosocial treatments, making it a first-line treatment for many disorder.

Do you avoid social situations? Are you worried people will think you are boring or stupid or unlikable? Do you worry that people will notice you blush or sweat or tremble or stumble over your words?

Dr. Amy Wenzel, ABPP asked us to consider: “Can worry be helpful?”. Discussion ensued around productive versus unproductive worry.

In many cases, it's difficult for clients to know whether they're making progress because therapists do not necessarily state the goals and desired outcomes of therapy sessions

A recent study from the University of Montreal concluded that reading self help books is NOT correlated with increases in emotional or mental stability.

A recent review of the research published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, demonstrated that CBT is an effective treatment for adults with chronic insomnia.

Guy Winch makes a compelling case to practice emotional hygiene — taking care of our emotions, our minds, with the same diligence we take care of our bodies.

People are often surprised to learn that Sigmund Freud engaged his Chow, Jo-Fi, in his psychotherapy sessions with patients; he described Jo-Fi's presence as having a calming effect (Coren).

When we give ourselves feedback on only the things that don't go 100% according to plan, we find that we selectively attend to this sort of information, ignoring data to the contrary.

We tend to run into 2 types of problems when problem solving: 1. We view the problem in general, vague, and catastrophic ways. 2. We fail to generate any possible solutions.

In order to assure that the most important things are accomplished establish an organized strategy for creating an agenda, sticking to your agenda, and structuring your day.

Do you find yourself engaging in all sorts of other distracting activities as opposed to starting your to do list or a project?

In my work, I use CBT to help people explore new ways of evaluating their performance and to work collaboratively to generate individualized plans to achieve goals.

Imposter syndrome is a cluster of thoughts that can be categorized as discounting one's success, feeling like a fake, and attributing one's success to luck