Change – Basic Steps Mental Health

An AI Intervention

Scott Alpert — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:50:21 +0000

Okay, so I am addicted. Do I have to claim that I am powerless and that a power greater than myself is going to restore me to sanity? Yeah, no. I’m not into that kind of language. However, for the past 10 days, I have been addicted to AI and just can’t stop. I have […]

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How to Fix Other People

Scott Alpert — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:46:17 +0000

I am sure that you know someone in need of help. 20% of the people in this country suffer from severe mental or substance-related problems–that’s one in five! It makes you think twice about getting behind the wheel of your vehicle. So how do we fix them? This is always a fun topic when teaching […]

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Changing Your Mindset

Scott Alpert — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:18:51 +0000

My panic attacks began when I was a teenager. From that moment my only focus was on avoiding them at all costs. Little did I know that with this way of thinking, I was attracting panic attacks to me. I vividly remember waking up in the morning, opening my eyes, scanning if the panic symptoms […]

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Desire – Helping Others Before Myself

Scott Alpert — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:00:32 +0000

For Thanksgiving, I was about to do the typical “stay-at-home thing” like I had for the last few years but wanted to be with family. It had been a while, being caught up in running the facility, but now I needed a break and wanted to make my 90-year-old mother happy. I was getting back […]

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Limiting Beliefs

Scott Alpert — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:43:15 +0000

Just before I began writing, something upsetting happened that got me upset. This happened because my expectations weren’t met. It’s hard to admit that I reacted like a spoiled child, but it is true. I had just gotten back from a great week of recovery work in Los Angeles, due to all the fires, and […]

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Surviving Trying Times

Scott Alpert — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:03:00 +0000

It’s been a trying week for many people with the changing of the president. When there are uncertain times, how do you cope? People of color, those from other countries, and those who are gender questioning or living alternative lifestyles have been the most vulnerable because of what they went through in Trump’s last presidency. […]

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Ending of a Year Beginning of the Next

Scott Alpert — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:26:47 +0000

How was your year? Did you accomplish what you wanted? Another year down and another one is about to start. Such is life. The ultimate question is, what did you learn? Since life is all about trial and error, if we fail to learn from failures, we are destined to repeat them. And, if you […]

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Top 10 Relationship Mistakes

Scott Alpert — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:47:17 +0000

Relationships take work and if you don’t know the proper skills, it can be easy to fall into the usual pitfalls that I have fallen into so many times in my life. I guess through all my mistakes I am well aware of the most common mistakes people make. Now, this is not the full […]

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Give and Take

Scott Alpert — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:30:55 +0000

It finally happened, Basic Steps Mental Health now has a waiting list. All I can say is that I am honored by your testimonies and your recommending us to family and friends. Because of this, the way that we have been providing time during the sessions will need to change. From the beginning, we have […]

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The Spirituality of Psychology

Scott Alpert — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:00:47 +0000

I’ve hesitated for years on presenting this topic due to the fact that when I entered this industry my coworkers looked down on my approach. In graduate school, we all spoke the same language and had one thing in common – a belief that there was a higher purpose in life than eating, getting married, […]

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