Social Work Blog

MAY 24, 2023

We face each other and enter into a verbal dance I like to refer to as the “Acronym Tango,” (IFS, CBT, DBT, EMDR, EFT, cha-cha-cha). By naming all associated parties, it becomes quite clear why Emily complains about sleeplessness, anxiety, depression, and somatization. Sometimes clients politely decline the invitation. But I digress.

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DBT LCSW CBT Military 52

Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

About that anxiety. Given an anxiety disorder, the saying, “trust your gut,” just doesn’t hold. That’s where cognitive behavior therapy comes in (CBT). CBT is all about learning to think things through to facilitate your decisions and actions. They are taken daily and usually long term.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 15, 2024

This can occur with the child hurts themself minimally, expresses a fear (anxiety), or simply a dislike. As a means of managing boo-boos, or generalized or even specific anxieties, or even food preferences, over-accommodating can increase the very issue sought to address. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

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Gary Direnfeld

MAY 2, 2022

There’s a reason it’s called anxiety DISORDER. The whole thing about CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) is about using your head to process the situation instead of your gut. That’s how CBT works. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress.

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