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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...
Brittany Gelbart
Jul 274 min read
Mindful Focusing: The Science and Practice of Attention Regulation
" X Marks the Spot" as a Framework for Cognitive and Emotional Mastery Introduction: The Need for Mindful Focusing in Modern Life In the...
Brittany Gelbart
Feb 311 min read
Mindful Focusing
Mindful Focusing “X Marks the...
Brittany Gelbart
Dec 1, 202418 min read
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...
Brittany Gelbart
Aug 15, 20228 min read
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...
Jerry Gelbart
Jun 14, 20228 min read
The Xanax Equivalency: Translating Medication Into Lifestyle
Learn about lifestyle activities that can improve your functioning and help you get off medication.
Jerry Gelbart
Dec 14, 20149 min read
The Reverse-Stress Mentality
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...
Jerry Gelbart
Sep 1, 20143 min read
Integrative Wellness Assessment- Call office 925-254-3652 for details
Integrative Wellness Assessment 18 and over 6o minutes face to face session plus separate 20 min feedback session $500.00 ...
Jerry Gelbart
Jul 16, 20142 min read
The Effect of Stress and Other Negative Emotions on Your Body
Body States Presentation For a better view switch to full screen mode. http://www.authorstream.com/player/player.swf?p=198733_6337991316...
Jerry Gelbart
Feb 22, 20101 min read
Introduction: Synergies in Treatment
A series of articles written by Dr. Gelbart for the Northern California Psychiatric Society Newsletter . These articles are a bit more...
Jerry Gelbart
Feb 22, 20101 min read
Which Tool When? (Written for Psychiatrists- but you can read it!)
We collaborate with the patient to set treatment goals and outline a roadmap to achieve them. In addition to medication management and...
Jerry Gelbart
Dec 7, 20093 min read
Mindfulness, Psychotherapy, and the Brain (Part 1)
Mindfulness Training Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Mindfulness-based CBT are more familiar psychotherapies that utilize mindfulness...
Jerry Gelbart
Nov 2, 20093 min read
Synergies #6: Changing the "Shoulds" to "Wants"
LIFESTYLE IMPROVEMENT AND SELF-ESTEEM Everybody knows what we “should” be doing to be healthy. This goes for all of us, “patient” or not....
Jerry Gelbart
Nov 2, 20093 min read
Synergies #5: Focusing On the Positive
Originally published in NCPS, June 2009 A lot of anxiety, depression, and even psychotic symptoms relate to how patients see themselves,...
Jerry Gelbart
Nov 2, 20093 min read
Synergies #4: Teaching The Patient To Swim
The goal of psychotherapy is wellness. For some, that includes “fixing a disorder.” For others, perhaps taking a medication for life....
Jerry Gelbart
Nov 2, 20092 min read
Synergies #3: Mindfulness and Psychotherapy
Previous articles in the Synergies Series have described the benefits of mobilizing the patient in the direction of lifestyle changes and...
Jerry Gelbart
Nov 2, 20096 min read
Synergies #2: Judgmental Thinking
Is ‘Judgmentalness’ A Symptom? A reality of our society is that most people don’t “complete” psychodynamic psychotherapy to see...
Jerry Gelbart
Nov 2, 20094 min read
Synergies #1: For Psychiatrists, Therapists, and Everyone
Updated August 16, 2023 What is "Emotional Wellness"? Just as the concept of physical wellness doesn’t necessarily mean that exercising...
Jerry Gelbart
Nov 2, 20096 min read
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