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One of the many wise contributions that Dr. David Burns gave to the cognitive treatment of behavioral habits and addictions is showing that TEMPTING thoughts are distorted thoughts in habits and addictions, the exact same way as NEGATIVE thoughts are distorted thoughts in depression and anxiety. Here are a few examples: ....Read More.
There are many situations during which our patients ask us for things we cannot do. For example, help improve depression while regularly smoking marijuana, help them with anxiety without doing exposure work, or help with alcohol addiction without quitting alcohol use. ....Read More.
Dealing with anxiety problems effectively necessitates successful exposure. A common hurdle to successful exposure is anxiety itself; the patient, and often also the therapist, may start to believe that the patient is too fragile or anxious to do the necessary exposure work for recovery. We call this kind of resistance Process Resistance. Process resistance is the resistance that we have to doing the work necessary to achieve a desired change. ....Read More.
TEAM Therapy concept of the core problem in the treatment of relationships may sound simple: As long as our client continues to blame the other person for the problems in their relationship and denying their own role in creating or maintaining the problem, they will remain powerless at creating a positive change in their relationship. This concept is enormously helpful, but it is not easy to get this point across without losing therapeutic alliance. ....Read More.
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Experimental Technique with host, Richard Lam, LMFT, featuring Zane Pierce, LMFT *This Technique wa ..Read More.
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