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Seasonal Mental Health

Five Tips for Dealing with Social Anxiety During the Holidays

The holiday season can be both a blessing and a curse, especially the latter for those suffering from Social Anxiety Disorder. I am brought to tears by the stories my patients have shared with me, stories about being the only one missing at family gatherings, missed opportunities with a loved one before they passed, and the myriad consequences people experience by avoiding the holiday dinner. I wanted to share five quick tips based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) that might help reduce your social anxiety at the next family holiday. For more tips, watch my video on Dealing with Social Anxiety: Holidays, Birthdays & Social Gatherings. 1) Choose a…

Dr. Russ MorfittNovember 20, 2013

Mental Health Stress & Anxiety

What’s the Worst that Could Happen?

One of the most common misconceptions needing clarification in CBT is the belief that challenging one’s thoughts --we call it “Thought Inspection” at Learn To Live—is the same as “Positive Thinking.” The two are very different. Every day I work with people who have no interest in pretending that the world is perfect, that everything is great.

Dr. Russ MorfittOctober 29, 2013

Mental Health

Of Veggies and CBT

We psychologists, and our cousins in related disciplines, are notorious for creating terms that we enjoy but that others struggle to comprehend. One such term is locus of control. It refers to a source of power or influence or, rather, where we perceive the power or influence to be.

Dr. Russ MorfittSeptember 19, 2013

Seasonal Mental Health

Of Resolutions and TeamMates

A friend of mine makes a resolution every year at about this time. He’s a bit countercultural and so prefers the new school year to the New Year. His newest determined action got me thinking about our resolve as people, in general. Do you remember your most recent resolution?

Dr. Russ MorfittSeptember 10, 2013

Social Anxiety and the Wizard of Oz

I really like old classic movies, but the Wizard of Oz has always troubled me. You know, flying monkeys and what not. And who wants to be surrounded by all those people telling you in song which road to take? But the part that really irks me comes at the end.

Dr. Russ MorfittJanuary 1, 2013

cognitive behavioral therapy

Five Tips for Dealing with Social Anxiety During the Holidays

What’s the Worst that Could Happen?

Of Veggies and CBT

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Of Resolutions and TeamMates

Social Anxiety and the Wizard of Oz

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