Mindfulness & Social Resilience Gaining Appropriate Psychological Distance Copyright (c) Donald Robertson, 2012. All rights reserved. Distressing thoughts in social anxiety differ qualitatively from thoughts in most other forms of anxiety insofar as they are often attributed to other people, … Continue reading
This short article describes the strategy of “adaptive checking”, a form of Exposure and Response Commission (ERC), in Metacognitive Therapy for obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
Continue readingBrief description of four recent books by Donald Robertson on hypnosis, CBT, and philosophy.
Continue readingThis brief article sums up the essence of Stoic philosophy, based on the definitive precepts in The Handbook of Epictetus. It does so in modern language and drawing anologies with cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and mindfulness and other acceptance-based therapy approaches.
Continue readingStoicism and psychological resilience-building are discussed in relation to modern cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) in this new self-help book on resilience, part of the popular Teach Yourself series.
Continue readingThis short article guides you through some initial experiments (practical exercises) used in mindfulness and acceptance-based CBT to learn how to cope with distressing thoughts by accepting them in a detached way, while letting go of any struggle against them.
Continue readingThis short article outlines the strategy of “distancing” as used in Beck’s cognitive therapy, and describes the main techniques employed in this approach.
Continue readingBrief mindfulness and acceptance-based CBT recording (7 min.) for coping with pain, anxiety, tension, etc.
Continue readingThis short article describes a brief meditation strategy used in mindfulness and acceptance-based CBT for coping with pain, anxiety, depression, etc.
Continue readingThis brief article outlines the definition of psychologically flexible and inflexible styles of responding in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).
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