Social Work Bubble

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

This can be the basis for continuing to feel distressing emotion, including depression and anxiety. In dealing with unhelpful thinking patterns, there is a common CBT strategy called cognitive restructuring. Negative on unhelpful thinking can perpetuate harmful beliefs we hold about ourselves and our experience.

CBT 59

CBT Anxiety Depression Psychology 59

Social Work Bubble

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

This can be the basis for continuing to feel upsetting emotions, including depression and anxiety. In dealing with unhelpful thinking patterns, there is a common CBT strategy called cognitive restructuring. Negative or unhelpful thoughts can perpetuate harmful beliefs we hold about ourselves and our lives.

CBT 40

CBT Anxiety Depression Psychology 40

Social Work Bubble

JANUARY 18, 2022

Cognitive Behavior Therapy comes with many great strategies and interventions, but at it’s core, it is simply challenging and changing unhelpful thinking patterns, which in turn influence our emotional and behavioral responses to situations. However, our thoughts can be POWERFUL and convincing, so how do we even see what thoughts to change?

CBT 52

CBT Interventional PTSD LMSW 52

Social Work Bubble

JANUARY 18, 2022

Cognitive Behavior Therapy comes with many great strategies and interventions, but at it’s core, it is simply challenging and changing unhelpful thinking patterns, which in turn influence our emotional and behavioral responses to situations. However, our thoughts can be POWERFUL and convincing, so how do we even see what thoughts to change?

CBT 52

CBT Interventional PTSD LMSW 52

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

A study from Psychiatry International found possible benefits of mindfulness to help with self-compassion, quality of life, well being, depression, and anxiety. Sarah McConkey, LCSW, specializes in ADHD and finds that mindfulness has been shown to be risky for survivors of sexual assault and other clients with complicated trauma histories.

DBT 101

DBT LMSW CBT Social Worker 101

Social Work Blog

MAY 24, 2023

By Lorrie Appleton, LCSW I am preparing to meet a new therapy client. We face each other and enter into a verbal dance I like to refer to as the “Acronym Tango,” (IFS, CBT, DBT, EMDR, EFT, cha-cha-cha). Appleton, LCSW specializes in couples, family, and individual therapy. Let’s call her Emily). But I digress.

DBT 52

DBT Military LCSW CBT 52

Social Work Bubble

JANUARY 18, 2022

Cognitive Behavior Therapy comes with many great strategies and interventions, but at it’s core, it is simply challenging and changing unhelpful thinking patterns, which in turn influence our emotional and behavioral responses to situations. However, our thoughts can be POWERFUL and convincing, so how do we even see what thoughts to change?

CBT 40

CBT Interventional PTSD LMSW 40