Have you heard someone use the phrase Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? It can easily sound intimidating and likely led you to a Google search to uncover the meaning of this mystery style of counseling. So, what does this complex phrase mean exactly? What does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) mean? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy involves evaluating the way […]
Recognizing Burnout and the Importance of Work-Life Balance
By Charles Jarvis, LMHC These past two years have been hard for all of us, especially those in healthcare. The patients I see are still in need of help – identifying financial resources, marital discord, or commonly heightened adverse coping as a catalyst for their crisis. I find it difficult to deal with added frustration […]
How Good Are You at Your Job?
In television there’s a rule: the main character must be good at his job. He can be a serial killer, a meth dealer–but he has to be an unusually skilled serial killer or meth dealer. Apparently, it’s very difficult for TV viewers to identify with a character who isn’t great at his job. But why? […]
Are You Dreaming on the Job?
Have you ever had this dream? You’re back in school, trying to find your old classroom. When you finally manage to tuck yourself back into your old desk, you’re staring at an exam for which you didn’t prepare. To make matters worse, the words keep squirming around on the page, or your pencil turns into […]
Career and Memory Shortcuts
Memory is a funny thing. It tends to use shortcuts. One of these is called the “peak-end” rule. Take your job, for example. You have an overall idea of your job satisfaction, but you don’t remember every day of your job in detail. Instead, your brain remembers the extremes, the “peaks.” It remembers your very […]
