Generalized Anxiety Disorder is characterized by suffering from a sense of undo worry or concern about a number of different things. Those who suffer from GAD can find themselves incessantly preoccupied with issues such as health, money, work, family, and more. Their worry will seem unwarranted or ill proportioned to the actual issues at hand. With GAD, this stress preoccupies more days than not, and persists for six months or longer.
While Hypnosis was much debated throughout psychology’s history, it is now largely accepted today as a powerful treatment that can help patients with an array of problems. Often used in conjunction wi...
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Positive Psychology is the scientific study of what makes life most worth living. It is more than a focus on fleeting happiness or warm feelings. Rather, it places great emphasis on meaning, helping t...
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Meditation is a practice in mindfulness. While many think that it is the practice of “turning off one’s thoughts,” this actually isn’t true. Meditation is instead about learning to observe one’s thoug...
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In layman’s terms, assertiveness training is a kind of behavioral therapy that teaches patients how to stand up for themselves. The goal is to teach the individual how to appropriately voice their nee...
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Exposure therapy is a way to help patients face their fears. Typically when we are afraid of an object or situation, we tend to avoid them. While this is helpful in the short term, it creates a growin...
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, of ACT, is a kind of clinical behavioral analysis that focuses on helping patients to accept facts or situations they may be overreacting to or avoiding. It uses acc...
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This is a type of psychotherapy in which patterns of negative thoughts about oneself or the world are challenged in order to assuage unwanted behavioral patterns. The end goal is simply to improve men...
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EMDR, of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a psychotherapy that helps individuals who are dealing with emotional distress from past life experiences heal. With EMDR, this healing can t...
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