American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies
Dwelling Beyond the Last Word
My mother is 86 and lives in assisted living with her husband. Her cognitive functions, especially her short-term memory, are [...]
Richer View of Mood
Mood is central to our way of engaging with the world and with ourselves. Often in psychiatry we think of [...]
Distressing Thoughts: Approaches to Addressing Them
I received a request from a resident to “explain psychotherapy in a big picture way.” Haha. Sounds like fun. I [...]
Strategies to Avoid Burnout
Take a centering moment before every patient appointment. Stand there alone in the hall or your office, for the length [...]
The Often Missed Emotion Regulation Strategy
First, a brief intro to emotions. Emotions are multi-faceted and full-body experiences whose role encompasses the following: Readying behavioral responses [...]
Focusing Questions for Deeper Life Engagement
Too many people live in a state of chronic lack, experiencing prominent dissatisfaction, emptiness, disenchantment, estrangement, directionlessness, pointlessness, or lack [...]