Sometimes our brain needs to think fast and make quick judgements about a situation so we can act with speed and potentially save our life and others’ lives. In the field of cognitive psychology, these are called heuristics. Heuristics are mental shortcuts in our thinking process, that often happen automatically, and sometimes outside of our awareness. They can help us to quickly step on the car brakes if the brake lights on the car ahead of us light up without slowing down to consider Hmm... I wonder why they put their brake lights on? Perhaps they saw their favorite coffeeshop or wanted to get more space between them and the car ahead of them?

Your first therapy session is often called an “intake appointment.” They tend to be longer than most therapy sessions. The longer length of your first meeting gives you more time to share your experiences with your therapist and your therapist enough time to start getting to know you. At TherLively, your therapist will reserve 80 minutes for your first therapy appointment.

According to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) core beliefs are main ideas we have about how we see the world, others, or ourselves. Like all ideas, they may or not be accurate. Regardless of their accuracy, we tend to believe our core beliefs very strongly. Core beliefs feed into other beliefs we have about how the world works, and automatic thoughts we have in the moment. They shape our emotions and actions we take.

Online therapy has become the new normal for therapy, but you might be wondering how to get the most out of online therapy. We’ve compiled a list of ten tips on how to get the most out of online therapy.