Debbie Covino, PhDJul 10, 20211 minBad Thought: My employees don’t like me. A recent client, Yolanda, came to me because she wanted to improve her relationships with co-workers. A small business owner, Yolanda had...
Debbie Covino, PhDMay 18, 20192 minBad Thought: My colleague thinks my presentation was boring.My last blog entry talked about David Burns’ work on “cognitive distortions.” I noted that the distortion called the “mental filter”...
Debbie Covino, PhDFeb 23, 20192 minBad Thought: I never know what to say. I can’t tell you how many of my clients suffer, they believe, from an inability to say the right thing in social/interpersonal situations.
Debbie Covino, PhDJul 15, 20182 minBad Thought: People Will Think I’m Stupid if I Don’t Know the Answer....intellectual humility, otherwise described--in a recent article in an academic journal--as owning our limitations.
Debbie Covino, PhDSep 9, 20172 minBad Thought: I’m afraid to speak in front of colleagues....when faced with a personal fear or weakness, to think, My imperfections humanize me and connect me to others.
Debbie Covino, PhDAug 26, 20172 minBad Thought: I'm terrible at socializing. Those who study such things tell us that people remember very little about the specifics of what we say to them, and mostly remember...