Category: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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November 30th, 2010 |
Chronic pain is an issue facing many of our potential clients. It is important to understand the effect of ongoing, intractable pain on emotional health and wellbeing, and to be willing to address it as part of a comprehensive therapeutic plan if the client acknowledges this need. Chronic pain is often misdiagnosed, undertreated, and it can impact every part of a person’s life. Relationships, work, self-esteem – all can be affected by the experience of coping with physical pain.
I am a psychotherapist (Registered IMF) working in a private practice, and I am also a pain management... Read More
November 22nd, 2010 |
After aerobic exercise, the next step to managing your anxiety is to learn relaxation training. Just as we have a stress response that raises our heart rate and speeds up our respiration, we have a relaxation response that does the opposite. Our relaxation training centers focuses on breathing properly. Sounds simple, right? We breathe constantly all our lives. Unknowingly, when we feel stressed, we breathe shallowly. We rapidly inhale and barely exhale until finally, our body has to breathe out and we generally sigh. In order to sigh, one has to exhale.
To learn relaxation breathing, first... Read More
October 21st, 2010 |
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Is therapy the best treatment for depression? What about antidepressants? A combination of the two? How about supplemental or alternative therapies including yoga and meditation, or good old fashioned physical exercise? There is no single ‘best practice’ for therapists and counselors helping clients deal with depression. But of the treatment options mentioned here, antidepressants have been far more controversial than the rest, and for good reason. Any time we turn to chemicals in response to a physical or psychological struggle, we should make sure we are... Read More
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October 18th, 2010 |
Psychotherapy—specifically, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)—is one of the most common types of treatment for kids diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The drug sertraline is the other most common treatment. A new study finds that CBT is especially effective for kids who have no close family member dealing with OCD at the same time. This is because family reinforcement at home is a huge part of therapy working successfully. Kids will have the best outcome if their compulsions are not accommodated at... Read More
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October 12th, 2010 |
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Most patients diagnosed with schizophrenia will be prescribed one or more medications for the rest of their life. Left untreated in any form, symptoms of the condition can disrupt personal relationships, make it difficult for the person to maintain employment and education, and interfere with their ability to care for themselves. In recent years, some have come to question whether medication is an appropriate first response to early signs of schizophrenia. Now, a... Read More
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September 28th, 2010 |
A new study has used brain monitoring to show that through training and therapy, we can strengthen our ability to control our own impulses. Many people who pursue therapy and counseling for addiction, attention issues (e.g. ADHD), and eating disorders (especially binge eating) struggle to fight impulses, even when they know those impulses do not represent behaviors that they want for their lives. The new study shows that “mind over matter” is not just a cliché.... Read More
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September 6th, 2010 |
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Seeing a counselor to quit smoking has been previously shown to be quite affective (more so than nicotine patches and gum alone), and now, addiction counseling for smokers will be more accessible to several groups of the population. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) this week announced that Medicare, both parts A and B, will cover treatment for those who want to find a counselor to help quit smoking. Since smoking-cessation counseling has evidence-based proof of effectiveness,... Read More
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August 18th, 2010 |
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Quitting smoking or overcoming reliance on other behaviors—such as eating, drinking alcohol, drinking caffeine, sex, excessive exercise, and others—can be difficult. From addiction counseling and group therapy to nicotine-reduction aids and cold-turkey self motivation, there are any number of approaches for how to quit or reduce a habit. One mental strategy that many rely on is suppressing their thoughts of that specific habit. So, for example, suppressing thoughts of cigarettes and smoking when they arise. A new study sought to explore... Read More
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August 7th, 2010 |
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Albert Ellis, the psychotherapist who played a large role in the development of cognitive-behavioral therapy and the self-help movement, passed away in 2007. But a new book chronicles the story of his life, a story which sets the groundwork for his professional work in the field of psychology. The book, Ellis’ autobiography, is titled “ALL OUT!” and was written by Ellis in an attempt to be as forthcoming, as all-out, as possible about his personal successes and failures. One of Ellis’ main... Read More
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August 4th, 2010 |
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A recent study of people who are trying to quit smoking shows that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can help reduce cigarette cravings. Overcoming cravings is an essential part of successful addiction therapy, as the craving to pick up another cigarette may, in the short term, overpower the rational reasons for quitting. Helping people overcome cravings by “retraining” the brain has the potential to help people quit smoking more effectively. The study, which was funded by the National Institute of... Read More
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June 30th, 2010 |
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Psychologists in Canada are in the process of developing a cognitive behavioral therapy program to help treat body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD. While still in the developmental stages, the program has so far proven highly successful and is planned to continue. BDD is classified as an obsessive-compulsive disorder. People who struggle with it try very hard to deal with mental health problems by controlling their physical appearance. They will fixate on... Read More
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May 11th, 2010 |
“Understand that communication begins on the inside and determines the outside.” ~ P.S. Perkins
We as therapists spend a lot of time coaching our patients on Interpersonal communications and trying to get them to appreciate the importance of clear, direct, authentic conversations and how they effect the quality of relationships. What about the running conversations we have with ourselves? Those of us who subscribe to Cognitive based therapies teach our clients about the role of our basic beliefs and thoughts in shaping our interpersonal experiences. But oftentimes we do not make enough of... Read More
March 8th, 2010 |
Coping with the effects of an auto-immune disorder can be difficult for many clients, both within a physical and a mental scope. Finding ways to help reduce suffering and enhance quality of life for such clients has been developing significantly as a quest in psychological practices, and a recent study completed in Spain has found that CBT, or Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, may be able to aid those with the auto-immune disorder lupus. Participants involved with either CBT or regular care were assessed for their levels of stress,... Read More
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September 30th, 2009 |
One of the most common requests I get from clients in my psychotherapy practice is “Please help me get rid of this anxiety!” I then get to explain the Bad news and the Good news. The Bad news is that you are not going to get rid of your anxiety. In fact, it would be harmful to not be able to feel anxious. Anxiety and fear come with being alive. Anxiety can be useful when it causes you to be extra alert or careful, such as when you are walking to your car in a dark parking lot or when you are taking a test. Human beings were... Read More
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