Some messiness is a fact of life for most people. It might be piles of disorganised paper, a box of decades-old cheques, or dirty clothing strewn about a bedroom. Then there’s the […]
An interesting thing about remembering what you learned is that you’re more likely to remember something in the place where you learned it.
If you took your history exam in a lecture-style classroom with big windows, you may recall what you learned best in that same or a very similar classroom.
Obviously, you can’t stage your bedroom […]
Dr. Michael A. Tompkins is a licensed psychologist and board-certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology. He is co-director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy. He serves on the Advisory Board of Magination Press—the children’s press of the American Psychological Association—and the editorial board of the Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. […]
I recently contributed to an article on the website Hyphen about hoarding tendencies and how it affects immigrants and refugees.
From childhood, Nina Laqman knew there was something different about her […]
You’re a busy teen, so it’s not easy to remember to take a present-moment break, much less find ten minutes to do it.
Hitting the present-moment reset button is an easy way to remember to take a quick present-moment break.
Here’s how to do it.
Are you a parent struggling to help your child manage clutter and stay organized?
Do you feel overwhelmed by the challenges of keeping your child focused and on track?
Join us for the next episode of Experts in Learning Differences: A Speaker Series, featuring Dr. Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist and Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology […]
Are you a parent struggling to help your child manage clutter and stay organized? Do you feel overwhelmed by the challenges of keeping your child focused and on track?
Join us for the next episode of Experts in Learning Differences: A Speaker Series, featuring Dr. Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist and expert in Behavioral […]
What is resilience?
Resilience literally means to rebound. The American Psychological Association defines it as “the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.” Resilience is about being able to adapt in a positive way to one’s circumstances […]
If you’re an athlete, you likely do resistance exercises to strengthen your skeletal and core muscles.
The diaphragm is a muscle too. The diaphragm tightens during inhalation so a strong diaphragm reduces breathing effort and improves your performance.
Alternate nostril breathing is a resistance training technique to strengthen your inspiratory muscles and it’s easy to do.
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Did you know that anxiety disorders and OCD work differently in children than in adults? This may seem intuitively obvious but is not reflected in most treatments for child anxiety and OCD. Current treatment protocols conceptualize anxiety disorders and OCD as the result of an overactive threat detection system. This understanding falls short when we […]