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Listen To Cognitive Processing Therapy
Cognitive Processing Therapy: “What if someone told you about a type of therapy that could help you work through unhealed trauma in just ten sessions? Some people knock through it in two weeks. Jaime Lowe tried the therapy—and recorded it.” An unprecedented look at...
CBT For Romantic Jealousy
“I think of jealousy as 'angry, agitated worry,' and as such we can use a wide range of CBT techniques to cope with these intrusive thoughts. Drawing on the work by Adrian Wells—Metacognitive Therapy—we can think of intrusive thoughts as 'just thoughts,' telemarketing...
MRI may predict which depression patients respond best to therapy
MRI for depression patients: "Knowing early on if a therapy method could work is important because it allows health professionals to steer patients to more fitting treatments with a better chance of success. It also reduces the chance a patient would get discouraged...
Kids ask for DBT in schools
" 'Something that I really think could help with kids in schools is DBT...it teaches kids about coping skills and how they can deal with their emotions...it could also help teachers deal with their [students] depending on how the [students] are acting.' Dialectical...
CBT California founder interviewed for The New York Times
CBT California founder Lynn McFarr in The New York Times: “People with borderline personality disorder have a very difficult time identifying when distress is very high,” said Lynn McFarr, director of the cognitive and dialectical behavior therapy clinic at Harbor...
Using DBT Skills to Navigate Negative Situations
One of our major focal points in DBT is increasing assertiveness and giving people skills to navigate negative situations more effectively. This recent article includes one woman’s account of how these particular skills became life changing for her: "For me, the most...