by Rebecca Stanwyck | Jun 13, 2016 | Behavioral Consulting, Cognitive Therapy, Stress
Just listened to an illuminating KQED Forum report on how difficult it still is for people to obtain mental health services, despite the Affordable Care Act and the Mental Health Parity laws. If you’d like to listen, it’s here:... read more
by Rebecca Stanwyck | Apr 27, 2016 | Addiction, Depression, Narcissism, Relationships, Self-Compassion
Let’s talk about shame. Let’s not run from it, trying to avoid its pain, or hide from it, pretending we don’t have any, or allow ourselves to be bullied by others who believe they have the right to make us feel shame. Let’s drag it out into the open, take a deep... read more
by Rebecca Stanwyck | Mar 9, 2016 | Addiction, Co-Dependency, Depression, Mindfulness, Relationships
A koan is “a story, dialogue, question, or statement, which is used in Zen practice to provoke the ‘great doubt’ and test a student’s progress” (Wikipedia). While I’m not a Zen practitioner, I enjoy pondering koans that others pose as well as posing my own. Here... read more
by Rebecca Stanwyck | Feb 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
A client asked me recently about something he’d heard on NPR, that there are medications which can cure alcoholism. I listened to the podcast, and indeed they made it sound that way – and implied that there’s some conspiracy to keep people from obtaining... read more
by otbteam | Feb 10, 2016 | Behavioral Consulting, Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness
In anticipation of beginning this blog, I’ve been collecting ideas from news articles, books, and other sources over the past year. Here’s my Top 10 list of the important ideas or trends that I am seeing in the fields of mental health and addiction... read more
