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September 11, 2025

The Imperfect Aspects of Perfectionism

One of the most common causes of emotional suffering is perfectionistic tendencies. We fall for, and get mesmerized by, the sound of voices in our head that point out our vulnerabilities, convincing us that we will sustain extreme humiliation

September 11, 2025

Holiday Blues, Comfort Food, Rituals; I Want Out!!!

When it comes to this time of the year, we are bombarded with emotionally charged messages by song lyrics, colors, smells, and traditional rituals. Ask almost anyone what does celebrating the holidays mean to them and you’d hear a

September 5, 2025

Identify Your Self Defeating Beliefs

It is quite common for most of us to have a set of commonly held core beliefs about ourselves, about the future and about people in our lives. These core beliefs are often so deeply embedded in our, where

September 5, 2025

Mood disorders, like diabetes and obesity, found to be risk factors for heart disease and stroke.

Are Mood Disorders And Metabolic Syndrome related?by: G. Katie Dashtban, Psy.D. Licensed Clinical Health Psychologist Metabolic Syndrome is characterized as a cluster of several health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity. According to Wikipedia, The word “syndrome”

August 29, 2025

What is your pain fear number?

Most people are familiar with the pain scale. It is a subjective way of measuring one’s pain level at a given moment. There is no medical device or medical test that can objectively measure one’s pain level and so

August 29, 2025

Why consider visiting a pain psychologist when you have back pain

Almost anyone is likely to experience back pain at some point in life. However, some sufferers of chronic back pain who have not found medications and surgeries too helpful are likely to suffer emotionally as well. These patients find

August 24, 2025

Are You the Victim of Narcissistic Abuse? How to Break the Cycle and Heal.

Being in a relationship with a narcissist can be highly damaging to your mental health. Their narcissistic abuse may make you doubt your sense of self and cause you to question what’s real. They’ll make you feel like you’re

August 24, 2025

Metabolic Syndrome, Complicated With Mental Illness

Metabolic syndrome nearly affects 50 million people in America. Anyone with 3 or more of the following attributes is most likely affected by metabolic syndrome: Women: waist size of 35 inches or more, men: waist size of 40 or

August 24, 2025

Reading in bed

From the time we are infants, we are “put to bed” with some type of soothing ritual, ie. lullaby or being rocked. It seems natural to acquire a bed time routine in order to reach for a good night

August 17, 2025

Spinal Cord Stimulator

When it comes to successful management of chronic back pain, sometimes extreme measures such as surgery on the spinal cord is necessary. In this type of surgery a device is used to exert pulsed electrical signals to the spinal

Author: Katie Dashtban

The Imperfect Aspects of Perfectionism

Holiday Blues, Comfort Food, Rituals; I Want Out!!!

Identify Your Self Defeating Beliefs

Mood disorders, like diabetes and obesity, found to be risk factors for heart disease and stroke.

What is your pain fear number?

Why consider visiting a pain psychologist when you have back pain

Are You the Victim of Narcissistic Abuse? How to Break the Cycle and Heal.

Metabolic Syndrome, Complicated With Mental Illness

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Spinal Cord Stimulator

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