Tag: cbt

  • CBT v. Social Phobia

    NPR looks at Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Social Phobia. Reporter Alix Spiegel profiles one patient — a woman we’ll call Judy Smith — who sought Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help her deal with her social phobia. We spend time with Judy, show how the therapy works and find out why it helps her in ways…

  • CBT v. Anxiety

    The Effectiveness of Evidence-Based Treatment in Combating Multiple Anxiety Disorders Results showed that CALM techniques were significantly more effective than usual care in reducing global anxiety symptoms.  Patients undergoing CALM treatment had significantly reduced scores on the Brief Symptom Inventory. (Beck Institute Blog)

  • Anxiety Treatment Options

    Anxiety Treatments – What Will Work For You? Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is having great results. With this you are helped to become more self aware, learning what is happening to you whenever you experience anxiety. Through this self awareness, you will learn new behaviours, new ways of reacting to stress and pressure.. This works well…

  • The Feeling Good Handbook

    Book of the day:  The Feeling Good Handbook, by David Burns.  This is the workbook companion to Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy.  The therapy does help you feel good, but at this point, it’s not so new–it’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).  From a therapist on Amazon: I read this book as a person with…

  • The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Workbook for Anxiety

    Book of the day:  The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Workbook for Anxiety, by William Knaus (author of a similar workbook on depression).  This is CBT, plain and simple.  Says one Amazon reviewer: I had been suffering with panic attacks and generalized anxiety for a few months. I tried therapy, meds, ect and found them all to…

  • And the Best Therapy for Anxiety Is…

    Debate over cognitive, traditional mental health therapy A mounting pile of research shows that cognitive behavioral therapy can effectively treat anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, bulimia and substance abuse problems. The method has performed as well as antidepressant medication in treating depression in recent studies. What’s more, patients receiving cognitive behavioral therapy have shown…

  • Free Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    It’s August 1st, the day for this month’s free CBT clinic at the Southern California Counseling Center.  What you do:  show up between 2 and 6.  What you get: a free consultation session with a CBT therapist. Desired result: Less anxiety and increased knowledge about anxiety treatment. Cost: Zilch. More info:  Here’s an interview with…