Blog Articles | Los Angeles Psychotherapist Dr. Bill Cloke - Part 9

October 15, 2019

Pulling Back The Curtain

We have all seen the Wizard of Oz and remember the scene when Toto pulled back the curtain revealing instead of The Great Oz, a man who was pulling levers. This short scene from this classic film is to a…
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November 15, 2019

Why are we so antagonistic to ourselves and those we live with?

One explanation is that as we are descended from hunters and are therefore aggressive, and because we don't expend that energy hunting we take it out on ourselves and those we live with. Another clue to this natural antagonism may…
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December 12, 2019

Big Expectations Big Disappointment

Most everyone has a myriad of expectations. We expect good manners, we want people to call us back when we call them, we expect our family to give us presents at holidays and birthdays, or we expect our mate will…
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January 24, 2020

Is True Happiness a Myth?

“The only thing that holds true happiness is that moment when you are in it. Nothing can be controlled.” Eliza Doolittle “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” Carl Jung…
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March 5, 2020

How to Break Your Anxiety Habit?

It's 2:30 AM and Jack is wide awake. He can't turn his mind off. He's thinking thinking thinking about everything he has to do and hasn't done; that comment his boss made yesterday accusing him of slacking off, his girlfriend…
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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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