Mindfulness involves paying attention in the present moment, noticing our thoughts and bodily sensations, and just observing them without getting caught up in them. This allows us to respond in ways that reduce anxiety. The video below provides an overview of how mindfulness relieves anxiety. We learn practical mindfulness techniques to respond to worries and […]
Category: Anxiety
How to Stop Worrying and Manage GAD
Learn how to reduce worrying and manage generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) by: Postponing worry Letting go of worries Reframing worries Learning from worries Tolerating uncertainty This video provides an overview of these strategies, and we’ll look at each of them in more detail in the posts that follow. Stop Worrying and Reduce GAD Transcription Are […]
Calm Worries by Reducing Intolerance of Uncertainty
Intolerance of uncertainty leads to anxiety and worry. Learn how to accept uncertainty to reduce worrying and anxiety and build resilience. Reducing Intolerance of Uncertainty Transcription Do you ever get anxious not knowing what the future holds, worrying about all the what-ifs? Well, what if the key to reducing your worry and anxiety isn’t trying […]
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Managing Health Anxiety: Stop Worrying About Your Health
Stop worrying about your health and manage health anxiety by breaking the cycle of health anxiety. Managing Health Anxiety Transcription “`html Do You Get Anxious About Your Health? Worrying that something’s wrong or that you might get sick. It’s natural to care about our health, but with health anxiety, our worries can start to take […]
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Overcoming Social Anxiety With CBT
Struggling with social anxiety? Watch the video to learn the best ways to treat social anxiety with behavior therapy, CBT and mindfulness. How To Reduce Social Anxiety Transcription Do you ever get anxious about social situations? Maybe you feel shy or nervous or uncomfortable or dread some types of social situations so much you’ll do […]
How To Stop Overthinking
Overthinking can be a tough habit to break that can lead to anxiety and even depression. But here are six strategies that can help reduce overthinking. How To Stop Overthinking Transcription This transcription was auto-generated by YouTube and formatted by ChatGPT. Are you an overthinker? Excessively analyzing and evaluating things, sometimes to the point of […]
Exposure Therapy for Anxiety and Phobias
When we’re anxious about something, it’s natural to want to avoid it. But avoidance is only a short term solution. Eventually we to need to face our fears. And the longer we’ve been putting something off due to anxiety, the more anxiety we’ll feel when we have to do it. Or we may be able […]
How To Make A Decision
Decisions can be hard to make. And while it’s understandable that we’d have trouble making important decisions that are going to have a big impact on our lives, sometimes even the smallest decisions can be agonizing. And when we’re feeling anxious or depressed, it can seem impossible to make any sort of decision. In this […]
CBT for Anxiety and Cognitive Restructuring
Cognitive restructuring is one of the main components of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety. The previous post provided a brief overview of cognitive restructuring in CBT. Now we’re going to look at how to use cognitive restructuring to manage anxiety. We’ll examine some common types of negative thoughts and worries associated with anxiety. And […]
All or Nothing Thinking and Anxiety
All or nothing thinking is a type of cognitive distortion in which we see things in black or white terms, with no shades of grey in between. Things are either all good, or all bad. We’re perfect or we’re a failure. If we don’t accomplish all that we’ve set out to do, we’ve done nothing. […]