Social media influencers, celebrities, and even everyday people commonly depict themselves as living perfect lives on social media. Viewing someone’s social media account, in many ways, is similar to viewing their personal highlight reels. They take photographs or record videos of their biggest accomplishments…
The 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo were recently postponed until 2021. Although this was highly disappointing to many, it was necessary for the safety of everyone involved. However, for many Olympic athletes the most distressing part was not that the Olympics was postponed, but…
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has exacerbated the symptoms of many people with OCD, especially those already suffering from obsessions related to contamination or other forms of health anxiety. In order to provide effective evidence-based OCD treatment for a greater amount of people, CBT SoCal’s…
CBT SoCal is currently offering virtual group therapy (conducted via video sessions) for teens with anxiety (i.e., OCD, Social Anxiety, Specific Phobias). Dr. Brittany Beyerlein, a licensed psychologist specializing in working with children and adolescents, will be running a group focused on helping adolescents address…
CBT SoCal has offered therapy online via secure video platforms for years prior to the outbreak of Coronavirus. However, the current pandemic has challenged many businesses and services, including our own, to move exclusively online – at least for the timebeing. Some people feel that speaking…
Dr. Martin Hsia was recently interviewed by Rebecca McTavish of Wolters Kluwer’s Audio Digest, a premier provider of continuing medical education. The discussion addressed mental health aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, with advice applicable for physicians, allied healthcare professionals, and the general public. Listen in…
Image credit: Keloland.com News about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has all of us on high alert. Cities worldwide are on lockdown, and more cases are being reported all over the world every day. Here in Southern California, Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Los Angeles Department of Public Health declared…
How can I be absolutely certain……? ….that I turned the stove off before I left the house? ….that I WON’T be exposed to deadly bacteria after touching a public doorknob? ….that I WON’T actually fulfill the image in my head about pushing someone into…
One issue that suffers of Harm OCD should be aware of is the fact that many people are not well informed about this form of OCD, and often misinformed about OCD in general. As with many things that require experience and expertise, correctly diagnosing and…
Harm OCD is an extremely distressing subtype of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder that can have debilitating effects on one’s mental health. To briefly review, in Part 1 of this series, we outlined some of the core themes of Control, Certainty, Responsibility/Guilt, and Character, which Harm OCD sufferers…
Postpartum depression is a phenomenon that may be familiar to many, even those who do not have children of their own. However, much less widely known or discussed is the anguish of Anxiety or OCD in the Perinatal and Postpartum stages, which affects an estimated…
Very few things are considered as morally egregious and devastating as the inappropriate sexual treatment of minors – and for good reasons of course. The term Pedophilia is used to refer to individuals who experience recurrent and intense sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behaviors involving…