Blog Articles | Brentwood Psychotherapist Dr. Bill Cloke - Part 16

Tragedy strikes and assaults us all. No one gets out of life without experiencing loss. A family member, a child, parents, partners, and friends. We lose things, jobs, dreams, our marriages, and objects that have special worth to us. That is why it's so important to value what we have when we have it.
December 17, 2025
  • By: Dr. Bill Cloke
  • Depression, Grief, Therapy, Trauma
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What I’ve Learned from The Fire

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose.” Helen Keller Last night, after Thanksgiving dinner at my daughter's house, my wife showed me a picture of last year's Thanksgiving at our home in Palisades Highlands. The photo illuminated our…
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The hero is not the person who is fearless. The hero is the person who knows the risk and moves forward anyway.
June 25, 2026
  • By: Dr. Bill Cloke
  • Altruism, Courage, Fear, Individual Therapy
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Who Becomes the Hero and Who Becomes the Coward?

The hero is not the person who is fearless. The hero is the person who knows the risk and moves forward anyway. This week I witnessed something that struck me as genuinely heroic. Veteran journalist Scott Pelley stood before executives…
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Don't Be Afraid of Psychology
August 24, 2026
  • By: Dr. Bill Cloke
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Don’t Be Afraid of Psychotherapy

When I meet with people who initially come to see me for psychotherapy, I often find myself thinking, Why have they waited so long? It amazes me how people can go through years of their lives suffering from anxiety, depression,…
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