Comedy – Basic Steps Mental Health

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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Healing Ourselves at the Root

Scott Alpert — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:00:14 +0000

Every psychological approach has its own theory of healing and it is important to ask a perspective counselor on theirs. As for me, I am old school, and like the face-to-face sessions, avoid talking about the weather and politics and try to get people to open up a dialogue regarding the difficulties, traumas, and frustrations […]

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Feeling Giddy

Scott Alpert — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 19:21:26 +0000

Years ago, I had the privilege of being in a comedy group that performed in some of the top clubs in Hollywood. We would take the negative expressions in society and create new positive twists on them. This morning I laughed thinking about March Madness, where the team I grew up with had an amazing […]

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Healing Through Comedy

Scott Alpert — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:57:23 +0000

I wanted to write an article about the book I recently published called: “Comedy By We Love Us”. I actually miss the writing process because it was a collaborative effort with me and the three other comedians I worked with. I learned that 40 years later we were still doing our act. Plus, my best […]

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