Control Your Worrying with Constructive Worry vs. Unconstructive Worry People who worry often believe their worrying helps them avoid the things they worry about. Worrying can feel as though it is helpful in preparation, problem solving, or securing a level of certainty or predictability. The reality is that worry can be helpful sometimes, but whenContinue reading “Constructive-WORRY”
Category Archives: CBT-Exercises
Treating Thoughts as Guesses
Many people try cognitive behavioral therapy to learn how to better manage their emotions. Others seek help in curbing a destructive behavioral pattern, such as an addiction. In each case, one of the most powerful ways to help people change their emotions or behaviors is to start by helping them learn to change their thoughts.Continue reading “Treating Thoughts as Guesses”
Cognitive Techniques to Reduce Worry
Cognitive Therapy Techniques: 5 Steps to Stop Worrying If you struggle with persistent anxiety, it is likely that excessive worrying is partly to blame. Although you may sometimes feel worrying is beneficial in that it protects us from being unprepared or caught off guard, for many people it causes more problems than it solves. ThereContinue reading “Cognitive Techniques to Reduce Worry”
Investigative-THOUGHTS
Would You Really Tell THAT to a Friend? This article is an introduction to cognitive restructuring. Cognitive restructuring is a tool cognitive behavioral therapists use to alleviate symptoms of depression, anxiety, and other psychological problems. We generally believe everything that we think, and this can sometimes cause real problems when those thoughts are distorted, orContinue reading “Investigative-THOUGHTS”
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