How can you tell if an activity is a healthy passion or an obsession? If you find that an activity that once brought you joy and meaning has begun to make you feel compulsive, guilty, anxious, or depressed, you may be experiencing obsessive passion.

Mindfulness meditation the practice of noticing thoughts, feelings, sensations and urges but not reacting to these experiences. Mindfulness is part of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for anxiety, depression and many other conditions.

CBT and related skills (such as mindfulness) have been found to enhance athletic performance and reduce performance anxiety. CBT skills can also be helpful when returning to training and competing after an injury, when it is common to experience anxiety.

Anxiety disorders are the number one issue treated at CBTDenver and all of our therapists are experts in anxiety disorders. Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for anxiety involves strategies for the physical, cognitive and emotional aspects of anxiety.

We all have an inner critic inside of us. It (not so helpfully) provides a running commentary of our lives, honing in on any flaws and spinning “what if” scenarios. In the case of social anxiety disorder (SAD), that voice becomes especially loud and convincing before, during, and after social situations. We are told in no uncertain terms that others are judging us.

Research has indicated that a state of wellbeing is more likely to be experienced by individuals who are more hopeful. Cognitive Behavior Therapy (or CBT) teaches people to reframe the experience of stress in a more helpful way.

Exercise not only reduces depression and improves physical health but it can also increase joy! Certain physical movements that mimic "joyful movements" can generate those same positive emotions even in the absence of those events.

Viktor Frankl, the Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, said, “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

What is the type of person you want to become? What habit would that person do? A major tenet of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is to start doing something small in line with your values and goals rather than waiting for the motivation to come.

People with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and those who notice negative seasonal mood shifts might want to plan ahead for the long winter.

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As more people get vaccinated, offices re-open, restaurants increase capacity and people start to gather again, there can be mixed feelings. While some may be overjoyed at the opportunities to connect, others may feel anxious at the prospect of getting together face-to-face again.

Denver Channel 7 News interviewed CBTDenver's psychologist, Dr. Keri Johns, about why alcohol is not a great coping strategy for flight anxiety and how Virtual Reality exposure therapy can help.

We are best able to cope with stressors when we're operating within our "window of tolerance," the zone in which we can effectively observe, integrate, and use information. Constant stress or a traumatic experience can narrow our window of tolerance, leading to either a state of hyper- or hypo-arousal.

Dr. Antonia Pieracci and other local psychologists spoke with 5280.com about how to survive and thrive during the winter months in Colorado this year. Staying connected, exercise, and getting outside all made the list!

Whatever the loss and whether it’s sudden or expected, we have come to understand that the classic stages of grief are not linear. People grieve in different ways and there is no one “order” to it. Some people experience only one or some of these stages and often people vacillate between different stages.

People think that the opposite of depression is happiness. However, according to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, the opposite of depression is psychological flexibility.

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Some games can be addictive and may interfere with rather than enhance our lives and well-being. It can be difficult to differentiate which games may be helpful and which may be harmful.