Perspectives for Thought Therapy - Vista, CA

08/21/2026

Flashback to this moment where I was honored to have my book autographed by a legend. His first book Feeling Good came out in the 1980s and changed therapy for life. Suddenly there was this method called cognitive behavioral therapy that could significantly reduce depression and anxiety by analyzing the cognitive distortions. He is the last living legend of CBT since Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck and created his own model called TEAM-CBT which I am certified in!

08/12/2026

Amazing prizes, goodie bags, workshops!

08/08/2026

In short the answer is no. There is no safe amount of alcohol! 🥰

07/22/2026

Do you have ADHD?? Do you experience the 3 P’s?? Comment if you can relate!

07/03/2026

There is no safe amount of alcohol

06/19/2026

Lying down on the couch during therapy might sound antiquated, but it’s worth a try, Shayla Love wrote in 2024. https://theatln.tc/qkmzTDuv

Most therapists these days don’t ask their clients to lie down. “The first time mine did, I resisted,” Love writes. “I didn’t want to be on display or unable to see her reactions.” Sigmund Freud was inspired to use the couch more than a century ago because he thought a therapist being out of view would help people access emotions or memories that might be repressed. And though “many of Freud’s ideas about the unconscious haven’t held up,” Love continues, “he may have been onto something with the couch.”

“Research on instances when [the couch] is and isn’t helpful is limited. Some patients in case studies report that they’ve missed seeing their therapists’ face when they lie down, while others have used the couch to avoid direct face-to-face communication,” Love writes. “But for me—and, I suspect, many others—occasionally lying down might provide some relief from the social aspects of talking with a therapist.”

“Many therapy clients place too much emphasis on interpersonal dynamics. On social media, people make jokes about how much they want to get an A+ in therapy or make a therapist laugh; I’ve felt the same pressures myself,” Love writes. “That stress could be reduced when you’re lying down and physically incapable of scanning your therapist’s face for signs of approval or displeasure. And in a time when many people have switched to teletherapy, staring at your therapist’s face (or your own) over Zoom can feel like a work meeting gone wrong.”

“In the modern world, lying down signifies that the conversation you’re about to have in therapy is a different kind of interaction than those you have with family or friends. It’s a time to confront difficult thoughts, admit shortcomings, or explore desires without the relational obligations to those we know in our ‘real’ life,” Love continues. “When I started to lie down, I felt that I was choosing to make space for reflection, grief, processing, and developing intimacy with my own mind in a world where such acts are not usually prioritized.”

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06/19/2026

Celebrating Dr Louis Stangers new book Trauma is your Super Power at the Inn Rancho Santa Fe. Congrats Dr Louis you are amazing 💕

06/08/2026

I'm a guest speaker for a local organization for addiction and mental health professionals this week!

06/06/2026

06/05/2026

Experiencing a multitude of different emotions and feeling overwhelmed can be a common occurrence, so remember not to bottle them up.