limitations – Patricia Dornelles, LCSW

November 30, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 14 tags

Rewriting history We all come with baggage Things that happened to us as children; as teenagers and as adults Maybe ...

May 5, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 4 Comments 14 tags

Very cute video. As I was on my treadmill, struggling with running after not having run for several days, I ...

April 20, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 12 tags

Sometimes our thinking can get in the way of progress. We complicate things beyond recognition and become immobilized. The concept ...

April 1, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 17 tags

Overgeneralization is a type of cognitive distortion where an individual generalizes a negative view based on one, or limited, experience. In ...

March 18, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 14 tags

One thing to look at when thinking about unremitting problems is what is the secondary gain from staying stuck? Just as ...

February 26, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 10 tags

If you are contemplating going into therapy for the first time, chances are you are not in a good place ...

February 15, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 13 tags

This is not a post adressing suicidal thoughts. If you feel like you are going to hurt yourself, please talk ...

February 15, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 11 tags

This song is the mantra for many people who grew up in that era and thereafter. I remember being on ...

February 12, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 12 tags

Practice makes progress. You can aspire to perfect, possibly, but only if this aspiration does not leave you feeling like ...