by lisaparziale | Apr 6, 2015 | Blog
While working in the Pediatric ICU/Burn unit at the University of Washington Harborview Medical Center, I found that many parents whose children had experienced traumatic injury such as a burn, accident, assaults from other people or animal attacks found it helpful to...
by lisaparziale | Apr 6, 2015 | Blog
“As a man thinkith, so is he,” is a profound statement. Though perhaps not its original intent, this phrase highlights our tendency to become so embroiled with the content of our thoughts that we lose many other aspects of ourselves. The concept of cognitive fusion...
by lisaparziale | Apr 1, 2015 | Blog
Living in this bustling metropolis that is Los Angeles offers us some unique opportunities to experiment with daily mindfulness. Traffic – it’s always there and provides endless occasions to look at the way our approach to a stressor effects our experience of it. Any...
by lisaparziale | Mar 30, 2015 | Blog
Receiving a diagnosis of infertility can be incredibly stressful for couples. Often couples report changes in the quality of their emotional and sexual relationships (Schmidt, 2005a; Peterson et al., 2007). Other stressors include alterations in relationships with...
by lisaparziale | Mar 27, 2015 | Blog
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) nearly 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep problems; however, this number does not begin to address the fact that most people will have problems with sleep at some point in their lives. Insomnia is the term...
