Posts tagged with 'desensitization'
BABCP spring meeting: David Barlow's unified protocol - interoceptive/situational exposures and relapse prevention (sixth post)
20th April 2011
I wrote yesterday about "Emotional avoidance, emotion driven behaviours & physical sensation tolerance (fifth post)". Today's is the last post in this series of six on David Barlow & colleagues' new unified protocol for treating anxiety, depression & other related psychogical disorders. It covers the last two modules in their …
BABCP spring meeting: David Barlow's unified protocol for the treatment of emotional disorders - description (second post)
15th April 2011
So yesterday was the first (workshop) day of the two day British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Spring Workshops and Conference. Between arriving from Edinburgh on the sleeper and starting the day, I hunkered down in a cafe for breakfast and wrote some introductory thoughts about the workshop …
BABCP spring meeting: David Barlow's unified protocol for the treatment of emotional disorders - introduction (first post)
14th April 2011
Just off the sleeper. Slept like a baby - well maybe better, knowing some babies. Now it's two days of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Spring Workshops and Conference. Today it's workshops and we have a choice of half a dozen or so. I've plumped for …
Writing (& speaking) for resilience & wellbeing 2: traumas & difficulties
17th January 2010
Fear is the mind-killer ... I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. …
Recent research: six papers on helping children & adolescents
21st May 2009
Here are half a dozen papers on helping kids and adolescents. The Fuligni et al paper found that adolescents experiencing frequent interpersonal stresses tended to have increased levels of C-reactive protein, " ... an inflammatory marker that is a key indicator of cardiovascular risk ... ". Jackson et al showed …
Recent research: three psychotherapy papers that get me thinking
30th April 2009
Just as there were research papers on depression that stood out and got me thinking last month, so too there were particular papers on psychotherapy that I found more interesting than others. David Clark and colleagues have developed a very successful CBT treatment programme for social anxiety disorder. When clients …
Handouts & questionnaires for obsessive compulsive disorder & body dysmorphic disorder
8th December 2008
Here are a collection of downloadable forms, questionnaires and handouts that I use when working with people struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder and body dysmorphic disorder. Normal intrusions - a list of 52 "normal intrusive thoughts" with the percentage of 293 students (none of whom had been diagnosed with a …
Handouts & questionnaires for problem solving & behavioural activation
24th November 2008
Here are a series of forms, questionnaires and handouts that I use regularly in my work. The problem solving diagram is a recurring theme - both at the start of therapy and as a sheet to return to when reviewing and considering additional therapeutic options. Other sheets are classic variants …
Recent research: half a dozen studies on cognitive therapy
20th November 2008
Here are half a dozen recent studies involving cognitive therapy (CBT). The first by Craigie et al explores the use of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) to treat generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Although, as one would expect, MBCT helped GAD sufferers, it was noteworthy that results "fall well short of outcomes …
Handouts & questionnaires for wellbeing and time management
17th November 2008
Here are a selection of assessment sheets and handouts on wellbeing, time management and related topics. A lot of my work involves helping people face fear and anxiety. The "Determination training" and more straightforward monthly "Practice record" are often helpful here. The "Respected figures exercise" is one of the most …