How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Can Treat IBS By Healing Your Gut Microbiome
By Jeffrey Lazarus, MD, FAAP on March 24, 2022Author, Controlling Your Gut Feelings Blog A couple of years ago, I spoke with an old friend whom I hadn’t spoken with for a couple of years. I asked him how he was doing, and he replied: “Great! In fact, I’m getting out of the hospital tomorrow, […]
Why the Mind-Gut Connection Is the Key to Solving Your IBS & Ongoing Stomach Issues
By Jeffrey Lazarus, MD, FAAP on March 2, 2022 Author, Controlling Your Gut Feelings Blog Why the Mind-Gut Connection Is the Key to Solving Your IBS & Ongoing Stomach Issues Most people are at least somewhat familiar with the concept that our bodies are integrated systems that talk with and affect one another. However, traditional […]
Parents, Congratulate Yourselves!
By Jeffrey Lazarus, MD, FAAP on February 3rd, 2021 Author, Controlling Your Gut Feelings Blog Parents, Congratulate Yourselves! I believe that being a parent is the hardest job in the world. And the current pandemic is making this job even harder. We parents do the best we can. And my feeling is that each generation […]
How COVID-19 Could Be Affecting Your Child’s IBS
By Jeffrey Lazarus, MD, FAAP on January 7th, 2021 Author, Controlling Your Gut Feelings Blog Is Your Child’s IBS Made Worse By The World Today? During this time of COVID-19, more people are attending school online and working remotely from home. You may be wondering how this affects patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). […]
Teenage Girls Dealing With Digestive Issues & Gut Pain
By Jeffrey Lazarus, MD, FAAP on May 18, 2020 Author, Controlling Your Gut Feelings Blog Overview Let’s face it, life for teenagers isn’t as easy going as it was 50 or 60 years ago. Put yourself in the shoes of a teenage girl, and the stress really piles on. Between rigorous schedules, the demands […]
How do I solve my child’s chronic stomach pain?
If your child has stomach pain, or nausea, and all of the test results are normal, she may have a condition for which medication is not helpful. The first thing is to have your child evaluated by her primary care clinician to be sure that there is nothing medically that is contributing to the problem. […]
What is TEAM-CBT?
David Burns, MD, author of Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, and pioneer in the field of cognitive behavioral therapy developed TEAM-CBT. TEAM stands for Testing, Empathy, Assessment of Resistance, and Methods. TEAM is not a separate school of therapy. Rather, it is an evidence-based framework that can be used to enhance all schools of […]
Pain Rules the Roost
Pain Rules the Roost By David Hanscom, MD My friend and colleague, David Hanscom, MD, wrote a wonderful blog. It is entitled: “Pain Rules the Roost” and can be read below: I am noticing a pattern that seems to be quite common. People in pain control others around them – especially their close family members. […]
