by Dr. Lara Fielding | Apr 1, 2015 | Knowledge
More good feelings — less bad ones. All humans want to feel good and avoid feeling bad as much as possible. But over time we can loose our willingness to experience the later in the service of the former. When people come to my practice for help, it is usually,... Read more
by Dr. Lara Fielding | Jan 21, 2015 | Knowledge
Your Body-Mind Vehicle: Connecting Mind-Heart-Feet A good way to think about your journey through life is to think of yourself as a vehicle. There are lots of different kinds of vehicles of coarse. Some can go really fast, but they are not very good at going off road,... Read more
by Dr. Lara Fielding | Jan 20, 2015 | Knowledge, Self Awareness
Imagine a world that is populated with small fiefdoms all throughout the land. Each has a Castle, with a king or queen, and Villagers. The Castle and the Village metaphor represents two poles of psychological coping: over regulation and under regulation. Each has... Read more
by Dr. Lara Fielding | Oct 21, 2014 | Knowledge
Moving from Awareness to Action: Awareness is an activity of the mind. Behavior problems need behavioral solutions. “Awareness is the first step!” We hear this expressed a lot. Okay. This is true. It is the “first step.” But Awareness – knowing – acknowledging –... Read more
by Dr. Lara Fielding | Sep 27, 2014 | Knowledge
WHY NOW? TWO COMMON REASONS There are usually two broad reasons people come to my office. It doesn’t really seem to matter what the categorical diagnosis is. After all, mental health diagnoses are just a cluster of symptoms. Five out of nine usually, which say... Read more
by Dr. Lara Fielding | Sep 14, 2014 | Knowledge
Secondary Emotions: An emotion about an emotion The relationship, beliefs, and attitudes we have towards our emotional experience set us up for secondary emotions and emotion dysregulation. In the last blog (Emotion Regulation (Dys-Regulation) 101) we discussed how... Read more
