Worksheet: Re-evaluating Coping Behaviour

Worksheet: Re-evaluating Coping Behaviour Copyright © Donald Robertson, 2012.  All rights reserved. These questions are designed to help you re-evaluate and perhaps challenge your existing ways of coping when anxious, or dealing with similar problems.  Feel free to skip questions … Continue reading

What’s the point checking things?

What’s the point checking things? Copyright © Donald Robertson, 2012.  All rights reserved. One of the most common problems people report in relation to anxiety is the compulsion to check things excessively, e.g., checking that lights are turned off, emails … Continue reading

The Attention Training Technique (ATT)

Handout for therapy clients describing the Attention Training Technique (ATT) used in Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) in detail.

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CBT for Intolerance of Uncertainty and Chronic Worry

Recent advances in the cognitive therapy of generalised anxiety disorder have focused on the role “intolerance of uncertainty” plays in triggering and maintaining chronic worry, this article provides a brief outline of the approach.

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Stoicism and CBT

These are my notes from a recent talk given as part of a panel speaking to the London Philosophy Club, on the philosophical origins of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

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Four Books by Donald Robertson

Brief description of four recent books by Donald Robertson on hypnosis, CBT, and philosophy.

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The Essence of Stoic Philosophy

This 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.

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Stoic Philosophy & Resilience-Building

Stoicism 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.

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NHS Video: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Two NHS video clips about cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and a two-part ITV documentary.

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