Posts tagged with 'worry'
BABCP spring meeting: CBASP & chronic depression, therapist support, mindfulness & health anxiety, and intrusions & control
5th May 2013
In the last few days I have written a series of posts about the BABCP Spring Conference & Workshops in Belfast - the most recent being "BABCP spring meeting: Arnoud Arntz on schema therapy for personality disorders". Besides Arntz's presentations, the two highlights of this Belfast meeting for me were …
BABCP spring meeting: workshop and conference - an introduction (1st post)
6th April 2013
I have just been in Belfast for the BABCP Spring workshops & conference. My mind is still buzzing from all the input. It was exciting. I went to Arnoud Arntz's workshop on Schema-Focused Therapy. I have been to several training days with Arnoud before, but it was helpful getting an …
Guildford BABCP conference: symposium on cognitive factors that maintain GAD and worry (second post)
22nd July 2011
First day of the conference proper. I wrote yesterday about the pre-conference "Workshop on couples therapy with Don Baucom" that I went to. It was excellent and I intend to write more about it later. For now though, the conference. 9.00 to 11.15am and already we have a choice of …
Recent research: six studies on money, happiness, romance, leadership, self-compassion & avoidance
26th August 2010
Here are half a dozen recent research studies that caught my eye. Diener et al, in a large sample of people round the world, found intriguingly that wealth tends to increase life satisfaction, while it is the fulfilment of psychological needs - learning, autonomy, using one's skills, respect, and the …
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. …
Walking in Glen Affric: heading home & different patterns of thought (fifth post)
24th April 2009
Heading home. Up quite early this morning. Eventually left the hostel about 9.00am. I drove up to Inverness before looping round to head down the A9. I've just stopped in Aviemore at the Mountain Cafe for old time's sake. I came here a year ago on the way back from …
The bus driver metaphor
4th January 2009
This blog post on coping with difficult thoughts and feelings is downloadable as both Word and PDF handouts. For further blog posts on "The bus driver metaphor", see "The bus driver is warm-blooded: integrating mindfulness & emotion" and also relevant are "'Naming emotions' is another useful self-regulation & mindfulness strategy" …
Handouts & questionnaires for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
15th December 2008
Here are a series of assessment questionnaires and handouts for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: GAD, 2 question screen - answering "yes" to either of the two screening questions on this sheet suggests it's worth checking for a diagnosis of full Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) - for example by using the GADQ …
Handouts & questionnaires for “outcomes toolkit” (IAPT)
27th October 2008
The "Improving Access to Psychological Therapies" (IAPT) initiative is very ambitious and exciting. It states its principal aim is to support English Primary Care Trusts in implementing "National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence" (NICE) guidelines for people suffering from depression and anxiety disorders. IAPT go on to say that …
Handouts & questionnaires for sleep, ADHD & fatigue
20th October 2008
Here are a collection of handouts, questionnaires and information sheets about sleep, ADHD, and fatigue. The sleep handouts are mostly based on Colin Espie's excellent self-help book "Overcoming insomnia and sleep problems" and the intention is that the handouts would be used in conjunction with this book - see the …