Contact: Mary Tressel
925-798-9421
mary@tresselpr.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOUR STEPS TO KEEPING YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
San Francisco, CA - December 9, 2004 - New Year’s Day is just around the corner and soon our thoughts will turn to improving ourselves. Local psychoanalysts Mary C. Lamia, Ph.D., and Mark I. Levy, M.D., have compiled a four-step process to making New Year's resolutions come true.
“Resolutions are as varied as we are as individuals,” says Dr. Lamia.
“From losing weight to making more sales, the key to realizing your goals is making your unconscious work for you.
Most of the time, people don't keep their resolutions because of their struggle with their internal reality, not because of the forces of the outside world.”
FOUR STEPS TO EFFECTIVE RESOLUTIONS
1. Find the Roadblocks:
Recognize the beliefs you hold about yourself and the world that keep you from reaching your goals.
(For example, “My parents told me I will be a failure; therefore, I cannot succeed,” or “I don't deserve to be happy.”)
If you have trouble pinpointing the trouble, seek help from a licensed therapist.
2. One Step at a Time: Achieving goals is not instantaneous-it takes a number of simple, short steps to achieve your resolution.
People who give up too quickly on their goals are surrendering to a trick their minds are playing on them to maintain the status quo.
3. Make a Plan: Outline the little goals that will help you reach the ultimate goal
(Instead of: “I want more money,” try “If I win one new client each quarter, I'll double my income this year.”)
4. Repetition and Perseverance: Repeat the goals to yourself daily.
Knowing what you want will ultimately program your conscious thinking as well as your unconscious to help you along the path to keeping your New Year's resolution.
Dr. Lamia is a member of the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute and has an adult psychoanalysis and child, adolescent and adult psychology practice in Marin County.
Dr. Levy is chairman of the San Francisco Foundation for Psychoanalysis and a Marin County physician, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and forensic psychiatrist.
To schedule an interview with Dr. Lamia and Dr. Levy, please contact Mary Tressel at 925-798-9421 or via email at mary@tresselpr.com.
The San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute and Society is a nonprofit organization and was founded over 60 years ago.
Psychoanalysts are experienced mental health professionals, already possessing advanced degrees (MD’s, PhD’s, MSW’s), who have undergone at least eight years of psychoanalytic training.
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