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One of the most useful distinctions in the treatment of generalised anxiety is between practical worry and hypothetical worry. Practical worry concerns real, current problems that you can…
Safety behaviours are subtle strategies that individuals with social anxiety use to manage their fear during social interactions. Common examples include avoiding eye contact, speaking quietly or quickly,…
Interoceptive exposure is a specialised technique used in the treatment of panic disorder that involves deliberately inducing the physical sensations you fear in a safe, controlled environment. The…
Rumination is a repetitive, passive pattern of thinking in which you dwell on the causes, consequences, and meaning of your depressive symptoms and negative experiences. Unlike productive reflection,…
One of the most important pieces of psychoeducation in the treatment of OCD is the finding that intrusive thoughts are universal. Research by Stanley Rachman and Padmal de…
Exposure and Response Prevention is the gold-standard psychological treatment for OCD, with decades of research demonstrating its effectiveness across all subtypes of the condition. ERP involves two complementary…
Health anxiety, formerly known as hypochondriasis and now classified in DSM-5 as illness anxiety disorder or somatic symptom disorder depending on presentation, is a pattern in which a…
Emotional dysregulation refers to a pattern of emotional responding in which emotions are experienced more intensely, triggered more easily, and take longer to return to baseline than is…
Body image disturbance is a central feature of eating disorders, but difficulties with body image affect a far wider population. Body image is not simply about how your…
Earlier models of grief emphasised the importance of "letting go" of the deceased and "moving on." Contemporary research by Dennis Klass, Phyllis Silverman, and Steven Nickman has challenged…
Anger rarely goes from zero to explosive in an instant. There is almost always an escalation process — a series of physical, cognitive, and behavioural signals that indicate…
Burnout is a state of chronic physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that results from prolonged exposure to excessive demands — particularly in work environments — without adequate recovery.…
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