avatar There’s Nothing Good or Bad… Posted by Dr. Mike Brooks
Jul 20, 2009

There’s no controversy that William Shakespeare was a genius. His plays contain so many memorable quotes as well as stunning insights into the human condition. Perhaps one of his most powerful observations is contained in Hamlet, “There’s nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so.” This insight, which can be life-changing, is contained in  …Read More


avatar Your Worth Posted by Dr. Mike Brooks
Jun 22, 2009

How do you know that you have value? That you have worth? There are many ways to look at this, and some ways can help you feel pretty good about yourself and some not so good. We instance, we could go into our past and try to enumerate all of the “good” things we have  …Read More


avatar Coping With Distressing Thoughts – Part 2 Posted by Dr. Mike Brooks
Jun 11, 2009

Dr. William Glasser is a psychiatrist who has had a substantial impact on the field of psychotherapy. Interestingly, he never prescribed medication in his career as a psychiatrist and instead focused on what he called “reality therapy” and “choice theory” to help people work through psychological pain. I’m not going to give the overview of  …Read More