Debbie Covino, PhDJan 152 minBad Thought: I don’t know how to cope with Covid.As you might well imagine, people are struggling to deal emotionally as well as practically with yet another round of Covid. Omicron has...
Debbie Covino, PhDDec 18, 20212 minBad Thought: I feel stressed at the holidays.You’re probably not surprised to hear that I’ve been seeing a number of clients who find the holidays stressful. For some, it’s the...
Debbie Covino, PhDNov 12, 20211 minBad Thought: The news makes me afraid.I've spoken before in this blog about the fear that news reports can provoke in us (July 7, 2017), and about the idea of cutting down on...
Debbie Covino, PhDMay 23, 20211 minNext blog: Bad Thought: I can’t get over my anxiety because life is hard.Judson Brewer’s recently released book, Unwinding Anxiety, demonstrates that anxiety is not a necessary reaction to life but instead a...
Debbie Covino, PhDFeb 27, 20212 minBad Thought: I am a mistake. My client “Lauren” was depressed ever since she’d had a mishap at work...“I feel like a total loser,” Lauren told me.
Debbie Covino, PhDAug 2, 20202 minBad Thought: There’s something seriously wrong with my mental health.I read this morning that rates of anxiety and depression are up four-fold since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Debbie Covino, PhDJan 11, 20202 minBad Thought: They cut back my hours at work.It can be difficult to find the good in a bad-seeming situation. However, in many if not most cases, the unwanted situation has a positive..
Debbie Covino, PhDOct 5, 20192 minBad Thought: My day is ruined....“learned optimism,” the idea that we’re not hopelessly locked into a pessimistic mindset, even if we may have been practicing it...
Debbie Covino, PhDJun 8, 20192 minBad Thought: I won’t be able to do it all.And while we want to listen to our inner guidance system about not over-scheduling ourselves, I’m also here to tell you that my edgy...
Debbie Covino, PhDMar 24, 20182 minBad Thought: I’ll never get ahead of all the problems in my life.Would it be possible for you to simultaneously work toward solving your problems and feel ok about the fact that they exist?
Debbie Covino, PhDOct 8, 20172 minBad Thought: Anxiety is taking over my life.Anxiety can be so overwhelming that it often seems one’s entire life is being consumed by it. One thinks, Anxiety is taking over my life.
Debbie Covino, PhDJul 17, 20171 minBad Thought: The papers are full of bad news.There is something we can do to give ourselves a break from the mainstream media: read Greater Good Magazine.
Debbie Covino, PhDFeb 5, 20172 minBad Thought: This unpleasant experience will never end. Like everyone, I’m occasionally wakeful in the middle of the night due to some physical discomfort or emotional stress.