A Psychotherapist usually has, as a minimum, an undergraduate degree in a health related area plus additional training in psychotherapy, typically 4-6 years. Additionally most Psychotherapists undergo a period of personal psychotherapy to ensure they have suitable levels of self-awareness. Psychotherapy is working in depth with people who are grappling with a range of personal ... [Read more now]
Performance anxiety can afflict anyone regardless of age, race, gender or abilities. Since it limits star performance, and lowers self-esteem, it may lead to anxiety and depression. Mental Rehearsal Mental rehearsal is a strategy to assist you to: overcome your performance anxiety perform better and improve your confidence Mental rehearsal utilises your imagination to program ... [Read more now]
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) used to be categorised as an anxiety disorder. Not anymore. The latest edition of the DSM-5 (which was published in April 2014) sees OCD as a unique disorder quite different from generalised anxiety, specific phobias and panic disorder. The new category in the DSM-5 is called ‘Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders’ (OCRD) and ... [Read more now]
Renee Mill, clinical psychologist, has developed a ten session CBT treatment for anxiety and stress. She has consolidated the program into a treatment manual which has proven to be effective for hundreds of patients. In this short video, Renee explains how her manual is applied in therapy. Here at Anxiety Solutions CBT we have taught ... [Read more now]
Let’s pretend you’ve decided to lose some weight. You walk past a donut store and all sorts of thoughts, emotions, associations, memories and sensations come at you all at once. There are a few major factors that will help you walk on and not pull out your wallet. 1) How often you practice walking past. ... [Read more now]
Recent research (check the link below) has discovered that listening to and interacting with music can help reduce our experience of pain. However, if a person had a higher level of anxiety overall, then music is an even more reliable tool to help reduce feelings of pain. The exciting part of this research is that ... [Read more now]
Why do you trust a therapist to have your best interests at heart? Trust is often defined by taking what you do know about a person in order to feel safe about what you don’t know. It’s about making yourself vulnerable in front of a person that you don’t know a lot about. So let’s ... [Read more now]
