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    How Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Benefit Each Other

    April 29, 2022

    Both psychotherapy and a mindfulness practice can be powerful and effective ways to help us live more fulfilling, useful, and healthy lives. Moreover, being in therapy while having a consistent mindfulness practice can compound the benefits of both processes. How do these two benefit one another? To define terms, mindfulness is nonjudgmental awareness of the […]

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    How Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Benefit Each Other

    April 29, 2022

    Both psychotherapy and a mindfulness practice can be powerful and effective ways to help us live more fulfilling, useful, and healthy lives. Moreover, being in therapy while having a consistent mindfulness practice can compound the benefits of both processes. How do these two benefit one another? To define terms, mindfulness is nonjudgmental awareness of the […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, Emotion Regulation, General, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Compassion Tagged With: DBT, meditation, mindfulness, psychotherapy, self-compassion

    Six Ways To Make Therapy More Effective

    December 21, 2017

    Entering into psychotherapy can be the beginning of an impactful journey into a more fulfilling life. Yet often people complicate this process and sabotage their progress through misconceptions about what therapy entails. Accepting the following truths can help maximize your chances of making your therapy experience more effective. Accept that growth and change can feel […]

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    Six Ways To Make Therapy More Effective

    December 21, 2017

    Entering into psychotherapy can be the beginning of an impactful journey into a more fulfilling life. Yet often people complicate this process and sabotage their progress through misconceptions about what therapy entails. Accepting the following truths can help maximize your chances of making your therapy experience more effective. Accept that growth and change can feel […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, General, Mental Health Tagged With: change, psychotherapy, wise mind

    Where We’ve Gone Wrong With Mindfulness

    June 1, 2017

    Mindfulness is all the rage – and with good reason. We are faced with an overwhelming, constant input of media, be it from our phones, iPads, laptop, or desktop computers – not to mention the burgeoning possibilities presented to us by cable and network TV, and movie theaters. Our bosses, colleagues, clients, family, and friends […]

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    Where We’ve Gone Wrong With Mindfulness

    June 1, 2017

    Mindfulness is all the rage – and with good reason. We are faced with an overwhelming, constant input of media, be it from our phones, iPads, laptop, or desktop computers – not to mention the burgeoning possibilities presented to us by cable and network TV, and movie theaters. Our bosses, colleagues, clients, family, and friends […]

    Filed Under: General, Happiness, Mind/Body Connection, Mindfulness, Personal Growth Tagged With: awareness, emotional maturity, mindfulness, multi-tasking, personal growth, psychotherapy

    Rachel Fintzy Woods, MA, LMFT

    3201 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 201
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