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Do you fear dying?

Social Work Blog

She is the author of the Psychology Today article, “Imagining Your Death: How CBT Techniques Can Reduce Death Anxiety.”. The goal in CBT is to help my clients challenge some of these inaccurate assumptions and see death and dying in a new, more accurate and balanced way,” she writes.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

A nervous breakdown, also called mental breakdown, refers to the inability to perform functions of daily life due to intense psychological distress. Symptoms of a Nervous Breakdown Various physical, psychological, and behavioral symptoms are present when someone is dealing with a breakdown.

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3 Focused Steps to Find Emotional Calm during a Storm of Emotions

R.E.A.L. Social Workers

BACKGROUND Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a modality that I often use with my clients. In traditional CBT, we work together to identify thought patterns, and thought content that cause harm or distress. This is part of my Positive Psychology Toolbox. If you enjoy this post, please subscribe to the Stress Talk Newsletter.

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Depression & Perfectionism

Gateway Foundation

Perfectionism personality traits aren’t considered a disorder but rather a vulnerability factor that increases a person’s chance of developing depression and other psychological problems like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, and even addiction.

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Debunking Myths About PTSD

Gateway Foundation

Some types of psychotherapy you might participate in include trauma-informed therapy , cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) , dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and coping skills therapy. If you’re ready to start treatment and improve your physical and psychological well-being, contact Gateway Foundation to get started!

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The Only Guide You Need to Become Your Own Therapist

Social Work Haven

Psychological therapies in the form of self-help can be done in your own time to help with problems such as anxiety, depression, and stress. It can be a useful way to start a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to see if it’s for you. Some people choose to challenge their psychological problems on their own.

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does anxiety have a meaning?

Clinical Philosophy

CBT, I think, often takes this view: the aim of treatment is to reduce anxiety by altering core beliefs, defusing from fraught thoughts, reinterpreting bodily sensations, etc. The patient may come into therapy thinking their anxiety has a meaning (e.g.

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