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12/09/2021

Struggling with the holiday season? You’re absolutely not alone. Check out our newest article that focuses on not only surviving the holiday blues, but learning to thrive in spite of them.

Make the Holidays Less Depressing Date: December 9, 2021 By: Anthony Gershenson MA, LMFT Comments: Leave a reply There are very few times of year that are as polarizing amongst people as the holidays. Some find it to be a magical season full of cheer, togetherness, and gifts galore. Others view the....

05/12/2020

Please join us tomorrow night 5/12 @ 5:00 pm Pacific Time. We will be discussing how to help parents develop tools to assist their child/teen with ADHD. A valuable conversation as we address adapting to COVID-19 quarantine conditions. Don’t miss it!

12/07/2019

FORMING NEW NEURAL PATHWAYS is the key to making changes that stick. It’s the process of cultivating neurological “muscle memory” through repetition of alternative, healthy thought patterns. For example, getting into shape may be a possible goal for many on a finite timeline such as “getting a beach body to look good this summer.” However, these changes are often tentative as we revert back to old habits once summer is over. In this example, lasting change comes from re-conceptualizing exercise as part of adopting a more athletic lifestyle, rather than an annoying means to an end. The trick is to repeat and reinforce the more constructive mantra every time mental resistance kicks in. So the thought, “Ugh, I have to go to the gym today,” becomes “I get to exercise and be athletic today.” The concept of forming new neural pathways is not only applicable to countless changes we wish to make, but is essential to their lasting success. Just some food for thought when we’re contemplating those pesky New Years resolutions 😉

11/25/2019

Being grateful for what you have or who you are isn’t just some fancy way of convincing yourself that your life is better than it actually is, or a vehicle to settle for mediocrity. Gratitude is a way to fight toxic anger and jealousy. It’s also an effective way to fight anxiety through mindfulness. Our anxiety lives in past regrets and future worries, not in our present. To be grateful is to pay attention to all that is good right now. Don’t underestimate the power of this seemingly overused trope: Practice Gratitude...

11/20/2019

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10/07/2019

Trying asking yourself this one question over and over. At first it will seem annoying, but after you’ve exhausted all the obvious responses, then you’re in the realm of self discovery.

10/06/2019

04/04/2019

Struggling with AVOIDANCE? Here's a new article that might help.

Avoiding Avoidance Avoiding Avoidance By Anthony Gershenson, LMFT | April 1, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment We all know this feeling very well. There’s something important we have to do. It often literally needs to get done, but we don’t do it. We put it off—and find increasingly creative ways to ...

01/08/2019

HELP IS ALWAYS OUT THERE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TRUST, AND ASK.