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Welcoming Dr. Elizabeth Higgins

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It is with great pleasure that I’d like to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Higgins has joined Cognitive Behavior Therapy Associates, LLC. Dr. Higgins brings a wealth of experience and clinical resources to our clients.

She is a licensed clinical psychologist who has been working with children, adolescents and adults for many years providing counseling and assessment services across a variety of settings, including school systems, university counseling centers, mental ...

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CBT Thought of the Day #3

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This technique was brought to therapy by a patient and shared with a group. I am not sure who developed it.

When your thoughts are wandering:

Deep breath, let it out..

Think of:

FIVE things you can see around you (like the chair you are in or the suns shadows on the floor)
FOUR things you can feel with your body (like your toes in your shoes or the feeling of the warm air as you exhale)
THREE things you can hear (like ...

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CBT Thought of the Day #2

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“CBT Thought for the Day” is a new and ongoing series of simple things to do each day to help improve your mood, relationships and mind. I hope you will enjoy them.

Here’s today’s “Thought of the day”:

“Make a to do list that you can complete with confidence. Only add other things on if you finish the initial things you are sure of. Give yourself credit for finishing each item on the list. Do this every day, it will help make ...

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CBT Thought of the Day #1

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“CBT Thought for the Day” is a new and ongoing series of simple things to do each day to help improve your mood, relationships and mind. I hope you will enjoy them.

Here’s today’s “Thought of the day”:

“When you don’t follow through with something you promise yourself you want to do, you lose faith in yourself. So try picking something you want to do and following through to reverse that lack of confidence.”

 

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?

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So it is official. The armed services can no longer expel people from its ranks based solely on their being gay, bi, lesbian, or anything else that isn’t related to their performance. I think that’s the way it should be. For many years the US has lagged behind other westernized countries by not allowing people to be who they are.

Imagine for a moment, whoever you are, whatever makes you different, that you could never put up a picture in your ...

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Another 4-letter word?

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Work. Some say it’s a four letter word. We love to complain about it as much as we love to talk about the weather. For many people, the only thing worse than work is not having it. Not having work or not having satisfying work can be devastating.

Many people are unemployed. The government statistics reflect percentages, and talk about new jobs created monthly.  My experience on this end of the economic pipeline is different. I am seeing many people who ...

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Report Indicates They Exist

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HEALTH
No Surprise for Bisexual Men: Report Indicates They Exist
By DAVID TULLER
Published: August 22, 2011
A new report that reverses earlier findings suggests that men who identify themselves as bisexual may indeed experience arousal from both men and women.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/health/23bisexual.html

As a psychologist it continues to amaze me that America trails the world in acceptance of the most basic human behaviors.  We are the puritan prudes of the world when it comes to sex (barring those countries ...

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Welcome thanks and caveats to the blog of Dr. James Vermilyea

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Welcome thanks and caveats to the blog of Dr. James Vermilyea

Welcome to my blog.

First off: Warning this blog may not be appropriate for all audiences. It is written for mature adults open to a diversity. Abandon all prejudice ye who enter here. Leave stilted thinking behind!

Second of all,  I’d like to thank all of the people who have made development of this site, as a work in progress possible. For all the previous versions of this site and those for other endeavors, Irene Pulfer. Irene continues to consult and assist in its creation. The ...

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