"Cognitive restructuring" isn't as culturally popular as its therapy-speak peers, like "toxic" and "gaslighting," but it's a powerful tool pros use to help people adjust their thoughts. Though it's ...

People continue to push themselves continuously, hourly, daily, monthly, and yearly. We are taught that we must strive hard and that perhaps our self-worth is tied to what we do and what we achieve, ...

A meta-analysis explored the individual components of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) and suggested that cognitive restructuring, stimulus control and sleep restrictions provide the ...

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a multifaceted approach that’s recommended as a first-line treatment for chronic insomnia. A new study looked at the components of CBT to determine which ones are ...

In the last post I discussed the use of stimulus control methods to help manage and overcome insomnia. This post will discuss the use of cognitive techniques in the treatment of insomnia. Some very ...

Music and mental health are independent endeavors that bring people calm, focus and joy. They overlap a lot. (*Understand “mental health” as well-being in the overlapping life contexts of cognition, ...