Don't Tell Me About Your Childhood

To many of us, this isn't really 'news' but I suppose there are a lot of folks that still retain the old stigma about working with a therapist or a counselor. Hopefully, some of you will use some of the information in this article as a stepping stone to seeking help if you haven't already.
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COGNITIVE THERAPY

The Bay Area embraces a 'here and now' approach to psychotherapy with surprising results

by Suzanne Leigh, as published in The San Francisco Chronicle

It used to be that seeing a psychotherapist involved delving deep into the

past: Our narcissistic mothers and controlling fathers came under microscopic
scrutiny as we grappled with gaining insight into our tarnished lives. Under
the therapist's prolonged probing we chewed over our "stuff" and "baggage" and
family "dysfunction" and relationship "co-dependency." And the next week we
came back for more.

But that scenario has gradually shifted. Many psychiatrists and
psychologists in the Bay Area no longer encourage patients to languish in the
past. Instead they propel them into the here and now with a powerful tool:
cognitive therapy.

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