10 Ways Your Thinkin’ Might Be Stinkin’
Through the House-of-Mirrors’-Glasses Are you realizing that your negative thinking has something – if not everything – to do with your bad moods? A familiarity with the 10 Cognitive Distortions will help you get out of the funk! If you’re already familiar with CBT and the 10 Cognitive Distortions, this article will still give you…
Read MorePersonalities and Modalities Effect How We Think and ACT
A Lot in Common What do TEAM-CBT, ACT, David Burns and Steven Hayes have in common? The obvious answer for the initiated is: cognitive and behavioral based therapy. For those of us not initiated I’ll elaborate a bit, and by doing this maybe we’ll learn a bit about how our thinking style effects our communication.…
Read MoreIsraeli Soup to Heal the Soul
Why am I writing a recipe post when I usually write about therapy and mental health issues? It’s because of my involvement with Soteria Israel, a new and innovative Jerusalem facility for treating psychosis and other mental health challenges. The folks at Soteria Israel aren’t the only ones to recognize the connection between healthy food,…
Read MoreMeasure Your Implicit Stigma Bias: Do You Hate Your Clients?
Stigma – the societal phenomenon where certain groups are labeled as “other” and usually “less than” – includes feelings of: hatred, fear, and pity. To me, pity and the low expectations that come with it, can actually be more insidious and damaging than the first two feelings. (I plan on write more posts soon that…
Read MoreMale Therapist, Female Client: A Torah Perspective
The greatest rabbis of today say it’s forbidden for a woman to see a male therapist or a man to see a female therapist, says Dr. Michael Bunzel, head of Psychiatry at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center. In the past, rabbis applied the ‘doctor’s heter’ [heter-miktzoah] to inter-gender therapy, i.e. that it’s permissible to see a doctor of the opposite gender…
Read MoreAnnouncing: First Conference of the Charedi Therapists Organization
With the an increasing number of therapists working in the charedi community, the issue of professionalism has come to the fore in recent years. Especially the issue of lack of professionalism. That’s why I was interested to learn about a new organization for charedi therapists called (rather obviously) the Charedi Therapists Organization (איגוד המטפלים החרדי).…
Read MoreWhy I Blog
As a therapist, there is always so much I am learning from my fellow professionals, from books and professional resources, and, of course, my clients. Since I am also privileged to study in kollel every day, as well as regular classes with some great rabbanim who shape my thinking, the learning literally never ends. As any…
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