Nickie Amerius-Sargeant, MFT

Name: Nickie Amerius-Sargeant, MFT
Address: Palo Alto, CA, US
Telephone: +16508151616

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If you want to identify your truest dreams, savor genuine intimacy with others, and resolve troubling problems psychotherapy can help. Begin the change.

work of art in progress. Treatment works best when we acknowledge and respect that, along with your unique circumstances. Life is complex, and while sometimes there are simple solutions to problems, there is no one theory that has all the answers you need or deserve. Sometimes life thrives between spaces of different modes of experience, where there are fertile and novel perceptions and questions. I have over twenty-five years of experience, a strong background in multiple models of therapy, from CBT to Jungian Analysis. Our work can be brief and strategic or more in depth, which ever meets your needs. Here are some ideas for your use right now:

Research shows that people with close and long term bonds with other people are happier. So do something that will help you deepen and broaden your connections with others. Of course you need to take your personality into account, so for some this might be having a cup of coffee with a friend and for others attending a larger gathering. Do what is energizing and restorative instead of what is draining, like watching reruns of reality TV shows or clicking mindlessly through the Net. Intentionally cultivate gratitude. It is sooo much easier to focus on what we do not have and to take for granted what we do have. Set aside designated time for paying attention to the good stuff. Perhaps it might be when you first wake up, or with your first cup of coffee, or on your drive to work, or just before you shut off the light at night. There is so much to be thankful for; like a good night's rest, the quality of light coming through the window, the taste of coffee, the sound of a child's laughter, etc. Here to your health and well-being, Nickie

11/29/2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/28/opinion/brain-body-thinking.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

You are not just thinking with your brain.

10/21/2018

10/17/2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZTho_o_is

Limitations can be the source of our creativity.

In art school, Phil Hansen developed an unruly tremor in his hand that kept him from creating the pointillist drawings he loved. Hansen was devastated, float...

10/02/2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/well/family/confidence-gap-teen-girls-tips-parents.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_sc_20181002&nl=science-times&nl_art=15&nlid=78371111emc%3Dedit_sc_20181002&ref=headline&te=1

Between 8 and 18 girls' confidence drops while boys' increase. We can help those girls become more confident.

Between the ages of 8 and 14, girls’ confidence levels fall by 30 percent. Fighting it requires taking some risks.

09/22/2018

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/07/why-do-kids-lie-and-is-it-normal

Food for thought.

In fact it might be an early sign that a young child has developed a “theory of mind”.

05/26/2017

It through the cracks that our light shines through. Happy Thursday!
Credit: Emily McDowell

09/20/2016

http://www.lifehack.org/377243/science-says-silence-much-more-important-our-brains-than-thought

Silence may allow your brain to rejuvenate leaving you feeling a new freedom

05/20/2016

So very true.

03/16/2016

Anxiety has a way of making everyone feel helpless, but here are some ways to to strengthen children against it, and build on their emotional intelligence.

03/02/2016

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/healing-sleep/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=nova_next

Whatever our brains can do, neuroscientists are discovering that sleep can make them better.

02/09/2016

photo: Cameron Lee Anderson

01/06/2016

http://www.pbs.org/parents/expert-tips-advice/2015/08/helping-toddlers-understand-emotions/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=parents_expert

You are your child’s guide in sharing the joys and coping with the challenges. Show your child that a full, rich life means experiencing both the ups and the downs.

12/06/2015

words: Idil Ahmed

11/30/2015

Loneliness takes a toll on many aspects of health, in part because it activates a fight-or-flight immune response.

11/14/2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/11/opinion/psychiatrys-mind-brain-problem.html?emc=edit_tnt_20151113&nlid=55769688&tntemail0=y&_r=0

Biology, psychology and social forces can all affect mental health.

11/04/2015

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/11/18/244526773/gut-bacteria-might-guide-the-workings-of-our-minds

Anxious mice calm down when they get an infusion of gut microbes from mellow mice. That has scientists wondering if gut microbes play a role in the human brain, too. Research on that is only just beginning. But it's intriguing to think there could be a real truth to the phrase "gut feelings."

10/31/2015

Research informs us that the parents' inner voices and attachment styles are the best indicator of what the unborn child's attachment patterns will be. To raise a healthy child is to do one's own psychological housekeeping.

10/25/2015

So true.

10/21/2015

"Playing music is the brain's equivalent of a full-body workout."

10/17/2015

R**e is not new. Our reaction to it, though, has been evolving. In the last few years, we’ve seen a meaningful shift in the way sexual assault is discussed. That hasn’t happened on its own; the changes are the hard-won victories of a movement largely led by sexual assault survivors. Especially over…

09/22/2015

Good advice to remember...

09/04/2015

Completion of the first rigorous scientific study of Neurofeedback to treat children with histories of trauma, abuse and neglect. Conducted at The Traum...

08/30/2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/opinion/psychiatrys-identity-crisis.html?emc=eta1&_r=2

Despite so much money for basic research, we have no big new drugs, and we do way too little research into psychotherapy.

08/15/2015

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/how-nature-changes-the-brain/?_r=0

A walk in the park may soothe the mind and, in the process, change the workings of our brains in ways that improve our mental health.

08/15/2015

How a leafy sidewalk or a forest scene can make us feel richer, younger, and more focussed.

08/15/2015

“Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.” ― Thoreau So why not just laugh now? – G “If we do not feel grateful for what we already have, what makes us think we’d be happy with more?” — Unknown Recently I posted a picture of myself in my kitchen, and I...

08/13/2015

"You're time is limited so don't waste it living someone else's life." Steve Jobs

Do you want to get out of following familiar paths that lead to the same old dead ends?

Do you want to become the author of your own life?

Do you want to use more of your potential?

Do you want to have more enriching and enduring intimate relationships?

Psychotherapy can help!

You are a multi-faceted phenomenon--a work of art in progress. Treatment works best when we acknowledge and respect that, along with your unique circumstances. Life is complex, and while sometimes there are simple solutions to problems, there is no one theory that has all the answers you need or deserve. Sometimes life thrives between spaces of different modes of experience, where there are fertile and novel perceptions and questions. I have over twenty-five years of experience, a strong background in multiple models of therapy, from CBT to Jungian Analysis. Our work can be brief and strategic or more in depth, which ever meets your needs.

Here are some ideas for your use right now:

Research shows that people with close and long term bonds with other people are happier. So do something that will help you deepen and broaden your connections with others. Of course you need to take your personality into account, so for some this might be having a cup of coffee with a friend and for others attending a larger gathering. Do what is energizing and restorative instead of what is draining, like watching reruns of reality TV shows or clicking mindlessly through the Net.

Intentionally cultivate gratitude. It is sooo much easier to focus on what we do not have and to take for granted what we do have. Set aside designated time for paying attention to the good stuff. Perhaps it might be when you first wake up, or with your first cup of coffee, or on your drive to work, or just before you shut off the light at night. There is so much to be thankful for; like a good night's rest, the quality of light coming through the window, the taste of coffee, the sound of a child's laughter, etc.

Here's to your health and well-being, Nickie

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+16508151616

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http://www.sargeantmft.com/

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