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A guide to healthy thinking and doing. Lessons from a lifetime of practicing the art of CBT.

Anxiety
The Improv Cure

Barry Lubetkin Ph.D. on May 6, 2024

Classes in improvisational comedy, where people have the freedom to be silly and risk embarrassment, can be especially helpful to those suffering from social anxiety.

Classes in improvisational comedy, where people have the freedom to be silly and risk embarrassment, can be especially helpful to those suffering from social anxiety.

Therapy
Whatever Happened to In Vivo Therapy?

Barry Lubetkin Ph.D. on July 13, 2023

Although in-vivo therapy for phobias is on the wane, there are innumerable situations where in-the-moment guidance from a therapist can be invaluable.

Although in-vivo therapy for phobias is on the wane, there are innumerable situations where in-the-moment guidance from a therapist can be invaluable.

Guilt
The War in Ukraine and First-Generation Holocaust Survivors

Barry Lubetkin Ph.D. on March 8, 2022

Clinicians working with this population need to be particularly aware of the potential for the unique effects of the current invasion and war on their patients.

Clinicians working with this population need to be particularly aware of the potential for the unique effects of the current invasion and war on their patients.

Health
In Praise of Virtual Therapists

Barry Lubetkin Ph.D. on July 8, 2021

There was no ticker-tape parade for mental health professionals. Nevertheless, they did, and are doing, their share to hold up a Covid-stricken country. It's their calling.

There was no ticker-tape parade for mental health professionals. Nevertheless, they did, and are doing, their share to hold up a Covid-stricken country. It's their calling.