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Quoted in Rachel Friedman's Vox article: The 30-something life crisis

7/8/2020

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Check out the original article in Vox. If you like the piece, I'd highly recommend Friedman's book, And Then We Grew Up.

“I know I’m getting older because my Kindle is turning into a self-help library,” says comedian Ali Wong in her Netflix special 
Baby Cobra. 

​My own early-30s self-help library was brimming with advice: on how to get my finances in order, make relationships work, and get comfortable with uncertainty. When I was 33, a divorce and an up-and-down writing career had left me wondering what my personal and professional future held.



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Contributed thoughts to Bustle's "Anxiety About The End Of Coronavirus Lockdown Is More Common Than You’d Think."

5/12/2020

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​With everyone else stuck at home, there's no FOMO to lure you out of bed for a Sunday brunch when you'd really rather sleep in. Without a chatty co-worker at the desk next to you, your productivity is way up — and honestly, the WFH set-up is more than functional. As certain states begin to emerge from coronavirus lockdown, some people are anxious as they prepare for post-quarantine life, after finding that a quieter, slower pace at home is really working for them.

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See Kaitlyn Wylde's full article in Bustle.

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Featured in Psychology Today's How to Help Your Family Thrive: Cohesion

4/13/2020

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See Forrest Talley's full article on Psychology Today.

Consistency in parental expectations builds cohesion by reducing anxiety (fears arise when expectations frequently change, making children uncertain of how they are to win parental approval – consistency is the antidote for such fears).
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Anxiety is corrosive. It wears away at family morale, tears at the fabric of family cohesion, and poisons the hard-earned sense of esprit de corps within a family.


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Quoted in the Huffington Post's 13 Signs You're Sabotaging Your Own Progress in Therapy

11/11/2019

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Check out Krissy Brady's full article in the Huffington Post.
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Therapy can be a super rewarding way to sift through the emotional baggage that’s holding you back. But because it involves being vulnerable and diving into some pretty murky subjects and feelings, you might find yourself indulging in self-sabotaging behaviors that halt your progress ― and you may not even realize it. Therapists call these therapy-interfering behaviors (TIBs), and the fascinating thing about them is most of us don’t realize when or why we’re getting in our own way.

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Judgments - Mental Shortcuts, or Distortions in Reality?

10/25/2019

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Los Gatos mental health blogger
He's so smart; I'm chubby; she's ugly; he's bad for you; they're perfect together. What do all of these statements have in common? They're judgments; they reflect matters of opinion, not indisputable facts. This may not seem too terribly fascinating, or insightful, but bear with me. Because what is phenomenal, in my opinion, is the extent to which we allow our judgments to affect our decisions, mood, and functioning.


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10/11/2019

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Featured in Kaitlyn Wylde's New York Times article "What Does Having a Boyfriend Have to Do With Sleep?"

10/2/2019

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New York Times Caroline Fleck Los Gatos
Owen Dennis Riley, 17, has never had a girlfriend. But he plays a boyfriend to at least half a million subscribers on YouTube. He brings you gifts on Valentine’s Day and soup when you’re sick. He serenades you, if you’re into that sort of thing. Most important, he wants to help you get a good night’s sleep. Instead of counting sheep or limiting your screen time before bed, he’ll talk you down for the night and tuck you in.

Check out the rest of Wylde's fascinating article in the New York Times
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Quoted in NBC News article: Ghosting, gaslighting, orbiting: How putting a name to a bad behavior can help you heal

9/26/2019

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See Danielle Page's full NBC News article.
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The thing about gaslighting is that it's extremely hard to tell when it's happening to you — which is by design. It's a form of psychological manipulation where a person makes you question your own sanity — and it's something I've experienced firsthand.
NBC News Caroline Fleck Mountain View

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Compassion and Mental Health

9/19/2019

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This article was originally published in the Mountain View Voice on January 13,  2015
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This week is all about serving others and how, ironically, serving others is one of the top 10 best things you can do for your own mental health.
South Bay Therapist Caroline Fleck

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Quoted in Business Insider's: 14 things that child therapists wish they could say to parents

9/15/2019

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See Erinne Magee's full article in  Business Insider.
Psychologist near me Caroline Fleck PhD
While most therapists make it a priority to reassure parents they're doing a great job, they also try to help make the job of raising children a bit smoother by zeroing in on a handful of important reminders — some of which they don't always get the chance to say to parents directly. We asked 11 mental health professionals what they wish that parents of their young clients knew. The most common advice stemmed from reminding parents how integral their influence — direct or indirect — is on children, no matter the age. Here are the areas where therapists believe an extra dose of awareness could go a long way.


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