We live in what many describe as a new Golden Age of Television. There are numerous cable channels and streaming services with critically acclaimed and award winning shows. Many of these shows have compelling characters and storylines that are rich with psychological underpinnings. CBT SoCal’s…
The coronavirus pandemic is pushing many people to their emotional limits. People’s lives have been disrupted and it is unclear if and when the world will ever go back to normal. For many people dealing with quarantine and other pandemic-related stressors can be traumatic. In…
Trauma survivors sometimes get stuck in their recovery. When sudden, dangerous, and uncontrollable events threaten us, our basic beliefs can be shattered, leaving us with ideas and habits that keep us feeling “safe.” Over time however, those coping strategies may not be as helpful as…
What is Cognitive Processing Therapy for Trauma and How Can it Help? Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a 12-week structured treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) based in foundational elements of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. In treatment, we focus on: Constructing meaning of one’s traumatic experience(s) to…
Psychiatric survivor Emma Shireen Carter joins Martin on Episode 18 to discuss her repeated traumatization by healthcare providers. Strip searched, over-medicated, and confined against her will on the eve of her college graduation, Emma shares the experiences that have inspired the founding of Southern…
In Episode 5, Martin discusses the debate in the field of psychotherapy between Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). It gets ugly sometimes, but perhaps the two often opposing camps need each other more than is realized? Later in Episode 5 (15:10), Martin’s friend Lisa…