Showing posts with label habitual negative thinking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label habitual negative thinking. Show all posts
Thursday, September 11, 2025

Hello Impostor Syndrome My Old Friend

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Back in 2015 I wrote an article about  Overcoming Impostor Syndrome and I'm revisiting this topic today from a personal perspective, wh...
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

How Psychotherapy Can Help You to Change Distorted Thinking

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In my prior article , I described the various forms of cognitive distortions that often create unhappiness.  In this article, I'm focusi...
Monday, February 19, 2018

How Psychotherapy Can Help You to Become Aware of Distorted Thinking

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Psychotherapy can help you to become aware of a distorted pattern of thinking, which could be contributing to your unhappiness.  Prior to be...
Saturday, May 18, 2013

Are You Sabotaging Yourself With Negative Self Talk?

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Negative self talk can become so automatic and persistent that you don't even realize that you're sabotaging your own efforts by giv...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Overcoming "All or Nothing" Thinking

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When you engage in all or nothing thinking, you're limiting your possibilities and, possibly, the possibilities of those around you.  So...
Saturday, March 16, 2013

How to Stop Comparing Yourself Unfavorably to Others

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All of us compare ourselves to others at one time or another.  From the time we're born, someone is comparing us to others--if we were b...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Keeping a Gratitude Journal

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A gratitude journal is a daily diary where you write about the people, places and events in your life that you feel grateful about. Keep...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Psychotherapy: You're Not Defined By Your Diagnosis

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As a psychotherapist in New York City, I see many clients who have been in psychotherapy before. People who have a lot of experience with ps...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Overcoming Habitual Negative Thinking

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Have you ever taken the time to observe your thought patterns? Stepping back to observe how you think and the kinds of thoughts that might ...
Friday, June 5, 2009

Overcoming Low Self Esteem: Watch Out For Negative Self Talk

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When people have low self esteem, negative thoughts about themselves often come so much easier than positive thoughts. In part, that's ...