Saying No When You Want to Say Yes

By Rosina Pzena, M.S. Last weekend I was completely overbooked. I had multiple friends’ birthdays, a Halloween party, two posters I had worked on were being presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) annual convention, and I

When Planning Fails

by Carly Mayer, M.S.  I love to plan. By planning when I will take care of my responsibilities and activities, I can be prepared for what is to come so that I experience little stress. Also, if something is unexpectedly

Terrible, Horrible, No Good Day

by Johna Hansen, LCSW Have you ever made yourself feel depressed by determining the fate of your entire day based on rating one simple event that occurred?  For instance, a friend of mine recently posted this on Facebook, “You know

The Reviews Are In

by Raymond L. Moody, M.A. In graduate school there is pressure to obtain grant funding and publish research. Both of these require months to review the existing literature, collect data, analyze, and then write a compelling argument. Then, all of

Coping with Head Colds

by Amanda Rosinski, M.A. It’s that time of the year again, where the weather fluctuates and keeps getting colder and colder. I often find myself vulnerable to head colds during this time of the year as my body adjusts to

“Good Night, Sleep Tight”

by Stephanie Schwartz, M.S. Sleep is essential for our health. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society, “adults should sleep 7 or more hours per night on a regular basis to promote optimal health” (Watson

Mindfulness and REBT

by Mark Schiffman, M.S. REBT therapists often borrow successful techniques from other therapies and incorporate them into a more classic REBT framework.  There was a recent article in TIME magazine that was widely circulated among psychologists and teachers about the

Consumer Marketing

by Johna Hansen, LCSW The other day as I looked around at the ads on the subway, I noticed that one ad stated men “shouldn’t have to overpay for a shave”.  As I read the ad, I recognized that this