American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies
Reasons to Journal
Journaling is an accepted intervention in several psychotherapies, such as in cognitive-behavior therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, exposure therapy, psychodynamic therapy, [...]
Distressing Thoughts: Approaches to Addressing Them
I received a request from a resident to “explain psychotherapy in a big picture way.” Haha. Sounds like fun. I [...]
Strategies to Avoid Burnout
Take a centering moment before every patient appointment. Stand there alone in the hall or your office, for the length [...]
The Often Missed Emotion Regulation Strategy
First, a brief intro to emotions. Emotions are multi-faceted and full-body experiences whose role encompasses the following: Readying behavioral responses [...]
Focusing Questions for Deeper Life Engagement
Too many people live in a state of chronic lack, experiencing prominent dissatisfaction, emptiness, disenchantment, estrangement, directionlessness, pointlessness, or lack [...]
Increasing Treatment Effectiveness
Today I share my musings on increasing mental health treatment effectiveness. Psychiatric treatment almost always entails long term management of [...]