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Accepting the Unacceptable in Anxiety and OCD
The concept of acceptance is a tricky one for OCD and Anxiety Disorders. When introducing clients to it, the first response I hear every time is something like, “Am I supposed to accept these terrible thoughts?” or “Do I just pretend like they’re not happening?” It’s Not The Same as Condoning In other words, most […]
Read More >Staying in the Game: Resilience Can Be Learned
Good news: resilience in life can be learned; it’s not just “trait-based” (like a more persistent personality trait). We all set ourselves up for defeat at times through our beliefs. In CBT, we typically call these cognitive distortions. Whatever thoughts we have that are biased or self-defeating will always limit us in some way, often […]
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