7 Tips for Not Personalizing
1. Don’t catastrophize knock backs - If you get a rejection, it doesn’t mean you’re never going to be successful. - If you get negative feedback on a piece of work, it doesn’t mean you have no capacity...
View ArticleCBT: How Checking Contributes to Mental Health Problems (Eating Disorders,...
Although common ‘disorders’ (e.g., eating disorders, anxiety, and depression) look different on the surface, there are some common underlying mechanisms. One of these is checking. I’m going to go...
View ArticleHow to Use CBT to Eat More Fruit and Vegetables
I’m going to explain the results of a study and how you can use the same technique at home or with your therapist. It’s about a technique that was used to increase fruit and vegetable consumption but...
View ArticleFree Guided Meditation Mp3 Downloads (Mindfulness, Lovingkindness, Acceptance...
Self Compassion, Mindfulness and Lovingkindness Dr Christopher Germer- author of mindful self compassion. (Around 20 free mp3s that include traditional mindfulness for beginners (body scan, mindfulness...
View ArticleCognitive Behavioral Therapy Model of Perfectionism – Willpower Strategies...
Perfectionism is not the same thing as conscientiousness. For example, in a recent study of older adults, perfectionism was both associated with increased risk of mortality whereas conscientiousness...
View ArticleCBT Technique: Binge Eating Example. Mental Contrasting + Implementation...
This is a technique I use with clients for diverse problems from binge eating to procrastination. I thought I’d provide a (fictional) example. The example is about binge eating. The client is asked to...
View ArticleHow To Change Negative Core Beliefs: A Straightforward Guide to Cognitive...
The most common core beliefs I help people change tend to fall into the following 3 categories. These core beliefs commonly underlie depression and anxiety. Helpless Core Beliefs such as: “I’m...
View ArticlePositive Body Image
Practical tips for Positive Body ImageI was interviewed for Next Magazine about Positive Body Image, and these are my positive body image tips. The following positive body image tips come from a...
View ArticleWillpower Tips Day 19 of 21. My Procrastination Experiment. (Cognitive...
While I’ve been writing this series of Willpower tips, I’ve been paying attention to the thoughts that contribute to when I end up doing lower priority tasks when I could be doing higher priority...
View ArticleChanging Your Cognitive Style
I mentioned on FB yesterday how much my cognitive style has changed as a result of my psychology training. One of the readers asked me to say more about how it had changed, so here’s my answer....
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