Blog Articles | Brentwood Psychotherapist Dr. Bill Cloke - Part 10
April 14, 2020
The Art of Decoding Moods
So I’m driving to work the other day (which feels like years ago, but has only been a few weeks) and I feel something come over me, like a wet blanket. It’s a mood alright and it feels like an…
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May 8, 2020
Neurosis Is The New Normal
“Work and Love, these are the basics, without them there is neurosis.” -Theodore Reich “The neurotic is nailed to the cross of fiction.” -Alfred Adler We all hear the word neurotic but few of us really understand what it means.…
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July 12, 2020
Negative Capability
"At once it struck me what quality went to form a Man of Achievement, especially in Literature, and which Shakespeare possessed so enormously—I mean Negative Capability, that is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable…
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August 28, 2020
What Creates Well-Being?
Here are 20 tips to help improve your mental well-being and happiness. Ask yourself first thing in the morning, what will make me feel good about myself today?Let self-respect guide your behavior. Success or failure thinking stops you; focus instead…
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November 16, 2020
Happy and Fit Podcast
Dr. Bill Cloke sat down with FIT-FACTS Harry Mitterbauer to discuss a global issue that needs to be talked about: Fitness and Mental Health is a fine balance that very few people are lucky enough to have mastered. Many people…
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February 25, 2021
Does Anger Have a Place in Love Relationships?
The other day I was sitting in my office with an enraged couple and I could not get a word in edgewise. They were locked nose to nose in a mudslinging, vitriol-induced confrontation. I silently asked myself, what are they…
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