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Hillhurst Psychotherapy
Read more: Hillhurst PsychotherapyMy therapy office is conveniently located at Hillhurst and Ambrose in Los Feliz (right across from Lassen’s). If you’re familiar with the area, you know it’s that quiet, tree-lined stretch that feels more like a neighborhood than busy LA. Easy to Reach From: Whether you’re coming from Silver Lake, Echo Park, Glendale, Eagle Rock, Atwater…
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Music Therapy?
Read more: Music Therapy?PsychCentral: Music Prescription for Depression Researchers are investigating how the emotionally soothing effect of music can augment the treatment of depression and the management of physical pain…This could make it possible, within a few years, to develop computer programs which identify pieces of music that will influence a individual’s mood (e.g. to motivate them when exercising…
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People v. Problems
Read more: People v. ProblemsFrom Wired: Alcohol can increase longevity…but why? In recent years, sociologists and epidemiologists have begun studying the long-term effects of loneliness. It turns out to be really dangerous. We are social primates, and when we’re cut off from the social network, we are more likely to die from just about everything (but especially heart disease). At…
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What is CBT?
Read more: What is CBT?A new page on the site begins to describe Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and links to the list of Cognitive Distortions and a blank ABCD Thought Log. For everything–description, Cognitive Distortions, and Thought Log–in one package, click here (pdf). Interested in trying CBT? Call to discuss and make an appointment: (323) 610-0112.
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Postpartum Depression (for Dads Too)
Read more: Postpartum Depression (for Dads Too)Study: Fathers As Well As Mothers Have Higher Depression Risk During First Year Of Child Being Born Approximately one-fifth of all fathers and over one third of all mothers experience an episode of depression within the first 12 years of their child being born, with the first year having the highest risk, says a British study