Dr. Amy Wenzel, Clinical Psychologist

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This is very, very important. I encourage all of you to take the time to read this manuscript that is essential for so many reasons.

Dealing with Diversity in Psychology: Science and Ideology In the spirit of America’s Shakespeare, August Wilson (1996), I have written this article as a testimony to the conditions under which I, and too many others, engage in scholarly discourse. I hope to make clear from the beginning that although the ideas presented here are not entirely my own – a...

I am humbled and honored to have been highlighted in Barry Farber's fantastic book on positive regard in psychotherapy, in which he used a video series on CBT that I filmed with the American Psychological Association to show that cognitive behavioral therapists pay great attention to cultivating and nurturing the therapeutic relationship. Check out this book -- it is a game changer.

Understanding and Enhancing Positive Regard in Psychotherapy: Carl Rogers and Beyond Understanding and Enhancing Positive Regard in Psychotherapy: Carl Rogers and Beyond

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. - Louisa May Alcott

If one is to love oneself, one must behave in ways that one can admire. – Irving Yalom

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. – Roger Staubach

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it. – Richard Bach

Happiness depends on ourselves. - Aristotle

Out beyond ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there. - Rumi

Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. - Hans Margolius

Many thanks to expert clinician, April Moran, for sharing this quote with me!

It is not about the victory lap; it is about the extra laps that lead to victory. – Nick Saban

A fantastic quote that my patient saw in a hotel lobby, stopping her in her tracks: "When you are feeling broken, remember that a kaleidoscope is made of broken pieces ... but , when we look into it, we see something beautiful."

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than being divested of a crutch. – James Baldwin

If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.” – Jim Rohn

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. – Dale Carnegie

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark. – Michelangelo

Today’s quote is something I frequently say to my patients - “Be the agent of your own happiness.”

To err is human; to forgive, divine. – Alexander Pope

Every person must choose how much truth he can stand. – Irvin Yalom

Change your thoughts and change your world. – Norman Vincent Peale

One person of integrity can make a difference. – Elie Wiesel

The art of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help. – Irvin Yalom

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. – Viktor Frankl

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. – Abraham Lincoln

I would rather die of passion than of boredom. – Vincent Van Gogh

People will throw stones at you, don’t throw them back, collect them and build an empire. – Origin Unknown

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. - Rumi

I happened to stop at the Jon Bon Jovi rest stop on the Garden State Parkway this morning and was enlightened with a wonderful quote about psychological flexibility.

Fate whispers to the warrior, “You cannot withstand with storm,” and the warrior whispers back, “I am the storm.” - Origin Unknown

My family decided to watched the first episode of She-Hulk tonight, and the Hulk educated his cousin, the She-Hulk, on DBT being an evidence-based psychotherapy. We’re making progress! Evidence-based psychotherapy incorporated into Marvel!

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law "She-Hulk," a new comedy series coming to Disney+, stars Tatiana Maslany as She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters, a lawyer who specializes...