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How to Help a Client Stop Cutting
Continue reading »…self-harm can begin to work like an addiction in which expectation, ritual, and the activation of ‘reward pathways’ in the brain, mediated by dopamine and endorphin release, all play a…
How to Use CBT for Anger Management
Continue reading »…compel us towards the object of our feeling. Lust, greed, addiction and, yes, anger do just that. When doing therapy, we often find that people who suffer from ‘away from’…
How to Help Your Stressed Clients Quickly
Continue reading »…addiction, from acute anger and insomnia to relationship problems, stress is the cause and the outcome of so many seemingly insurmountable problems. Physically, too, long-term stress – the gnawing sense…
Eating disorders
Continue reading »…focus on thinking styles the ‘force of habit’ effect of unhealthy behaviours finding healthy ways to meet emotional needs. Eating disorders and addiction Eating disorder behaviour patterns very closely follow…
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Continue reading »…with). The addictive nature of OCD An important aspect of OCD not addressed in the DSM classification is how addictive it can be. Just as with an addiction, the OCD…
No More No Shows
Continue reading »…rid of their panic attacks, phobia, depression, or addiction. Some smokers have looked quite terrified at the prospect of ‘losing part of their identity’, while at the same time knowing…
6 Easy Behavioural Interventions for Anxiety
Continue reading »…at the root of OCD and of at least some people’s descent into addiction or compulsion as ‘self-medication’. Yes, anxiety is a many-headed hydra. Prefer to watch instead? Anxiety too…
A Vital Therapy Principle
Continue reading »…principle of anchoring can be powerful in addiction, phobias, and PTSD – not to mention superstitions, which can also last lifetimes! Now if an anchor or pattern match installation is…
Story Therapy: Why It Works And How To Do It With Your Clients
Continue reading »…just about every human problem from addiction and depression to divorce and grief. There are plenty of great books on stories and storytelling. Among them I recommend therapist Rob Parkinson’s…