Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Archives | Yael Clark, Developmental Psychologist

Finding Nemo and Learning to Keep on Swimming

July 12, 2012 Yael Clark Comments 1 comment

I saw Finding Nemo when it was first released in 2003. Last night, nine years later, I decided the time was ripe to introduce it to my 5-year-old. This was to be her third full-length movie and I chose it because of my fond memories of Dory and the Turtle Dude Dad. I had forgotten just how traumatic the opening scene is and how the narrative unfolds around one life-threatening scare after the other. Zoitsa wailed with raw grief when…

Adults: 10 common thinking errors

September 20, 2008 Yael Clark Comments 0 Comment

Definition of Cognitive Distortions Cognitive distortions are logical, but they are not rational. They can create real difficulty with your thinking. They are absolutely normal and we all make these thinking errors. We are more likely to make more of them and to feel that that are true when we are stressed. That is just the way the human mind works; it tries to simplify all the incoming information so we can cope and make a decision quickly. We all know (when we are…