strengths – 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 10, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 12 tags

Thanksgiving is long gone right now, but it’s a good a time as any to discuss this ‘syndrome’. Basically, Thanksgiving Syndrome ...

March 2, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 13 tags

The therapist only knows what you tell them. Sure, if the therapist has experience, they could probably surmise some things ...

February 19, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 11 tags

I see this song as sung by the singer’s inner child to the singer. In Pink’s Family Portrait, the child is her ...

February 19, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 13 tags

Anaïs Nin: “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the ...

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 ...