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15 Tips that Can Help Make Your Goals a Reality
If you frequently set goals but don’t follow through, you’re in good company. Principles that are central to cognitive behavioral therapy, including these 15 strategies, can help you stay on track. 1....
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Psychotherapy: It Is Possible to Benefit From It Even If You Haven’t Before
Has your anxiety or depression been treated by therapy or medication? Are you still struggling after it didn’t work out the way you hoped? You are not alone: 30 to 40 percent of people cannot recover...
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Living With Uncertainty? Proven Psychological Strategies Can Help Reduce...
Uncertainty is our constant companion today. No matter what type of worry you have – unprecedented political instability, terrorism, stock market volatility, climate change, you name it, the current...
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Is your mind wandering? Aside from ADHD, here are some other factors to...
Many people who find it difficult to focus believe they suffer from ADHD. There are, however, other factors that can cause similar symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, and a lack of sleep. In my 25...
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Arlington Behavior Therapy Named Best Business
Director Jelena Kecmanovic and CEO John Benner thank the Arlington Chamber for honoring the practice. Arlington’s business community celebrated the best in business at the Arlington Chamber of...
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When You’re Lonely, Avoid These 4 Mistakes
I recently asked one of my patients if he knew of someone he could call for help if he needed it. He responded “There’s nobody.” It is not uncommon for people to experience what he did. My experience...
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Girls’ Mental Health and Social Media: A Guide to Reducing Negative Effects
The mental health of tweens and teens has decreased even before the pandemic, but the severity of anxiety, depression, and hopelessness has skyrocketed since 2020. Among the highlights of last year are...
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Dealing With Regret
In spite of its unpleasantness, you can make it tolerable, even inspiring. I wish I could have told him I loved him before he married another person. It would have been better for me if I had gone to...
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Boosting Your Mental Health as You Age
Psychological problems are much less prevalent in older people than in the general population. Additionally, they have demonstrated the least anxiety and depression during the pandemic, despite being...
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Why Tween Girls Especially Struggle
During the recent pandemic, depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts skyrocketed among children and adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics declared a national emergency on mental...
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If You’re Hurting, Here’s How Not to Lash Out
We might feel relieved temporarily when we act out verbally or physically, but if we continue to do so, we damage our relationships. It is hard to imagine a summer that hasn’t been affected by youth...
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Dr. K Attends White House Screening of Youth Mental Illness Documentary
Dr. Jelena Kecmanovic, the director of the Arlington/DC Behavior Therapy Institute, was invited to an event hosted by First Lady Jill Biden at the White House: A screening of the PBS documentary,...
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Don’t Let a Fear of Pests Shrink Your Life
As a clinical psychologist in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area, I often hear people talking about a dread of pests. In the United States, nearly a quarter of the population is afraid of one or...
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Acknowledge and Share Your Invisible Labor
We should, in theory, have about eight hours of free time each day after work and sleeping. It’s not surprising that you should want to defend that time as fervently as you can. (Let’s leave aside the...
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What Celebrities’ Stories Teach Us About Surviving Sexual Assault
Three prominent American women have admitted they survived sexual assault, physical assault, stalking, and childhood abuse (an umbrella term that also includes domestic violence, physical violence, and...
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What To Do To Prevent Your Sadness From Becoming Depression
There seems to be a rise in mental health problems across the board. An American study reported that 25 percent of Americans suffered from moderate to severe depression this summer. Another 25 percent...
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Feeling conflicted about changing or accepting your pandemic look? These tips...
You are not alone if you have recently been torn between resuming your “normal” life and responding to your pandemic appearance. Many people acquired a new sense of comfort with long, gray hair, bushy...
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How to forgive yourself for imperfect decisions and minimize your regret
We have made many consequential decisions within the past year, often based on insufficient information and surrounded by unprecedented uncertainty. One of the most common emotions I see in my...
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Are you in need of a quick stress reliever? Here are some unusual...
I was raised in the Balkans, where a saying goes: There is nothing worse than seeing the light, only to plunge back into darkness. In my role as a psychologist, I have seen patients’ unprecedented...
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Discuss 9/11 With Your Children
As a psychologist in Washington, DC specializing in CBT-based therapy, I know parents have difficulty determining how to talk about 9/11 with their kids. Teachers, therapists and writers agree that...
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