Category Archives: Stress

Stress and life events

By James Hardie | Published: May 21, 2012

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 […]

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Stress Control Classes

By James Hardie | Published: September 23, 2011

Stress Control classes were developed by Dr Jim White from the Glasgow Steps team. The course is designed to be delivered as a series of public lectures, and in Glasgow I understand that they have been able to get upwards of 100 attendees. The style of the Stress Control classes does not encourage questions from participants, […]

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Stress Tips iPhone App Review

By James Hardie | Published: August 22, 2011

Anxiety UK recently released a free iPhone app called ‘Stress Tips‘ (sponsored by Pfizer life). It’s a simple app with some good advice delivered through short audio messages which you can listen to by pressing the prominent on-screen ‘panic button’. The app has an occasional ‘donate now’ pop-up, and a helpful list of organisations to call […]

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Stress Management

By James Hardie | Published: August 12, 2011

Stress management is a skill. Some people are good at it, and others could learn a thing or two. There may be steps that you can take to actively reduce stress, immediately or in the longer term. At the very least, most people can benefit from learning skills to cope with stress. There will be […]

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About me

By James Hardie | Published: July 18, 2011

I offer Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for common mental health problems. Most often I see people who are experiencing problems with anxiety, depression or low mood, panic, phobias, sleep problems, obsessions and compulsions (OCD), anger problems or stress. I’m a Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology, trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). I’ve also authored some […]

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What stresses you out?

By James Hardie | Published: July 12, 2011
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Moodjuice Self Help Guides

By jameshardiecbt | Published: July 5, 2011

Here is a list of the self help guides for common mental health problems which I was involved in redeveloping over the last year. You can find them all on the professional page of the Moodjuice website. I understand that they are used routinely across at least three health board regions in Scotland. These guides were written by psychologists, they […]

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