Category Archives: Impulse Control

-Claire Dorotik-Nana, LMFT When we think about controlling impulses, we are usually thinking about what we shouldn’t do. We really shouldn’t eat that ice cream after dinner. We really shouldn’t skip that workout, drink that beer, or have another piece of Aunt Martha’s apple pie. And if self-control is a game of stopping action, asContinue reading “Setting Ourselves Up For Failure – Why Impulse Control Doesn’t Work, and Nine Strategies That Do”