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The Potent Mind is created by Jerry Gelbart, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist with over 30 years of clinical experience in California. Here you’ll find practical tools that integrate mindfulness, medications, and realistic behavior change—no fluffy “just think positive” advice.

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Writer: Jerry Gelbart, MD
Jerry Gelbart, MD
Psychotherapy

Judgementalism as a Symptom of Mental Health Challenges

Understanding Judgementalism As psychiatrists or psychotherapists, we often observe a significant difference between a mind in a state of non-judgment and one that is self-critical. The latter is often filled with fear of rejection and abandonment by others. What type of judging am I referring to? It's the black-and-white, “all or nothing” thinking that many carry from childhood. This distorted thinking is at the heart of most anxiety and depression. Patients frequently judge

 
Writer: Jerry Gelbart, MD
Jerry Gelbart, MD
Psychotherapy

Mindful Focusing: X Marks the Spot - A Practical Guide

Mindful Focusing “X Marks the Spot” by Jerry Gelbart, M.D. (Script from video. 2 Exercises at end of video) A basic mindfulness practice is to create an intention to focus on your breath for a set length of time. Once you start, you try to stay focused on your breath, notice when your mind wanders away a

 
Writer: Jerry Gelbart, MD
Jerry Gelbart, MD
Psychotherapy

Procrastination

By Jerry H. Gelbart, M.D. “Tomorrow Never Comes” – My 8th grade math teacher I won’t say his name. He put the fear of G-d in me. If...

 
Writer: Jerry Gelbart, MD
Jerry Gelbart, MD
Psychotherapy

Mindfulness & Medications

Most people expect psychiatrists to be pill-pushers. That is what we are experts at. However, not all of us emphasize medications. Before...

 

About Jerry Gelbart, MD

Jerry Gelbart, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist practicing in California. Through The Potent Mind, he integrates mindfulness, medications, and realistic behavior-change tools to help people make sustainable improvements in their lives.
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