Surfing the Urge
I found a great series of posts on using mindfulness for addictive behaviors the other day at Dr. Elisha Goldstein’s blog. Well worth checking out the entire series, but I’d like to highlight a particular piece that really stuck out to me. Dr. Goldstein includes “urge surfing” in the skills needed to combat addictive behaviors […]
To Work or Not to Work
Hello and Happy New Year to everyone! I hope that the holidays were a time to relax, rejuvenate, and connect with those close to you. It’s now been just over two months since my last post. You’d think that two months would be plenty of time to think of a few blog posts, but the […]
Pride: Friend or Foe?
I was driving down the street to my office the other day and came to a stop at a red light behind a pickup truck. Pickup trucks are everywhere in Colorado, but this particular truck caught my attention because of its decoration. The driver, I noticed, had both a personalized “Purple Heart” license plate and […]
Marriage or Morphine?
Hello, everyone. It has been quite a long time since the last post. The longest time between posts in the history of Talk Therapy, in fact. It’s been mostly positive things that have kept me from writing more: a rapidly growing practice, day trips and family visits on the weekends, and generally enjoying the fall […]
The Blame Game
I found a great article today from Dr. Elisha Goldstein, who maintains an excellent blog on mindfulness and psychotherapy, that talks about mindfulness & blaming. Give it a read when you get a chance; I think it’s particularly helpful for couples caught up in the “Find the Bad Guy” (aka Debate Team) cycle. Happy reading 🙂
Hope Springs Eternal (in College)
Wow, has it really been three weeks since the last post? Time does fly, especially when it’s summer time in Colorado. But the passing of summer in a college town inevitably leads to the yearly tradition of Students Returning to School, and I have been witnessing this event over the past week or so as […]
