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

Mindful Focusing                                                                                              “X Marks the...

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...

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

Learn about lifestyle activities that can improve your functioning and help you get off medication.

REVERSE-STRESS MENTALITY What is Stress Mentality? In S.M. the belief is: “I can’t take care of myself until I get everything done.” We...

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By Jerry Gelbart, M.D., F.A.P.A. Psychiatrist Most people I talk to have no idea where to start looking when they want a good therapist....

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A series of articles written by Dr. Gelbart for the Northern California Psychiatric Society Newsletter . These articles are a bit more...

We collaborate with the patient to set treatment goals and outline a roadmap to achieve them. In addition to medication management and...

Mindfulness Training Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Mindfulness-based CBT are more familiar psychotherapies that utilize mindfulness...

LIFESTYLE IMPROVEMENT AND SELF-ESTEEM Everybody knows what we “should” be doing to be healthy. This goes for all of us, “patient” or not....

Originally published in NCPS, June 2009 A lot of anxiety, depression, and even psychotic symptoms relate to how patients see themselves,...

The goal of psychotherapy is wellness. For some, that includes “fixing a disorder.” For others, perhaps taking a medication for life....

Previous articles in the Synergies Series have described the benefits of mobilizing the patient in the direction of lifestyle changes and...

Is ‘Judgmentalness’ A Symptom? A reality of our society is that most people don’t “complete” psychodynamic psychotherapy to see...