Los Angeles Psychotherapist specializing in Spiritual Psychology and Transpersonal Counseling

Archive for January, 2009

TOP TEN NON-DRUG TREATMENTS FOR DEPRESSION

Many of my patients do not want to take medication and I support their efforts to find a holistic solution. Here are my top recommendations: 1)  Exercise: Believe it or not, exercise has been found to be the most effective treatment for depression. Of course, that’s the last thing you feel like doing when you’re [...]

The Bossa Nova Cure

“When I’m listening to bossa nova, it seems like everything’s right with the world.” I was talking to my therapist of the time about my (then) chronic depression. I hadn’t been seeing him that long and we were still finding out if it was a fit. “That slinky slide,” I said, “that bittersweet quality, that [...]