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Metaphors for Life Podcast – an invitation to consider your own experience of relating to thoughts, feelings and actions from a different perspective. Encouraging psychological flexibility with content inspired by the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). A collection of ideas, short stories, fables or parables designed to pose […]
Trichotillomania is a problem to do with ‘Hair Pulling’ otherwise called “Trich”, “Tricho” or “TTM”. Some people define it as being a Body Focused Repetitive Behaviour, or an Impulse Control Disorder, for which Habit Reversal strategies can sometimes be helpful. Below are a set of videos from Youtube that illustrate some of the issues for people who […]
At different times in life our stress levels go up or come down. This natural ebb and flow is usually manageable. Sometimes life is OK, and sometimes things don’t go so well. When times are hard, one of the biggest contributing factors are stressful life events. In fact, in the 1970s a scale was developed […]
This is a very simple app that lets you create a list of unhelpful “automatic thoughts” that you might have. You can add an entry to the thought diary, type in the thought, label the cognitive distortion, and then input a rational response. You can then only really edit the entry, delete it, or view […]
This app has some smart graphics and has a lot of good written content. The authors have also included a lot of background information about the contents, and the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approach of this app. Each of the four main tools has a comprehensive outline, with perhaps overly detailed instructions for how to […]
Working in Private Practice – What’s it like for Psychologists / Clinical Associates? Date & Time: Saturday, 10th December, 9:30am – 12:30pm Venue: Mulberry House, 21 Manor Place, Ediinburgh, EH3 7DX Cost: £10 (payable on the day by cash or cheque) An informal networking day where Psychologists working in Private Practice will share some of their […]
One of the fundamental techniques of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) relates to challenging unhelpful thoughts. This strategy requires the individual to recognise or identify an unhelpful thought, and then to test or evaluate that thought. Often a thought diary or thought record will be introduced for the unhelpful thought to be written down and processed. […]