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psychotherapy as internal relation

Clinical Philosophy

(notes for a talk at Confer, 21st Sep 2019 ) Abstract Describing psychotherapy as a method of treatment is expedient in healthcare settings, but it would take a tin ear to not baulk at it as a characterisation of the therapeutic experience. Then again, psychotherapy is also in the business of helping patients separate out from others.

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Depression & Perfectionism

Gateway Foundation

Perfectionism personality traits aren’t considered a disorder but rather a vulnerability factor that increases a person’s chance of developing depression and other psychological problems like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, and even addiction.

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Compassion-Focused Therapy Strongly Improves Mental Health Outcomes: A Series of Meta-Analyses

Society of Clinical Psychology

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice , 12320. Compassion-focused group therapy for treatment-resistant OCD: Initial evaluation using a multiple baseline design. Frontiers in Psychology , 13 , 841932. link] Irons, C., & Heriot‐ Maitland, C. Compassionate Mind Training: An 8‐week group for the general public.

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High Functioning Anxiety: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment 2023

Blurt It Out

People with OCD may feel compelled to perform specific actions, such as washing hands repeatedly or checking locks multiple times, to alleviate anxiety caused by their obsessive thoughts. Photo: Shutterstock Fortunately, various treatment options are available for individuals living with high-functioning anxiety.

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What’s on the Menu: A Scoping Review of Decision-Making in Modular Youth Psychotherapies

Society of Clinical Psychology

What if you could select from a menu to create an effective personalized “recipe” for treating each youth receiving psychotherapy? This personalization is an aim of modular youth psychotherapy, which provides a menu of treatment elements from which therapists select a distinctive combination and permutation for each child or adolescent.

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Towards rigorous and flexible research designs for personalized psychotherapy

Society of Clinical Psychology

Flexibility in terms of adaptation to different individuals seeking help at varying psychotherapy contexts. Contemporary research designs, namely ambulatory assessments (AA), network analyses (NA), and single-case experimental designs (SCED), could potentially advance idiographic and nomothetic psychotherapy research and practice.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety: An Overview and Future Directions

Society of Clinical Psychology

Bergin and Garfield’s Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change (6th ed ed., Exposure Therapy for Anxious and OCD Children. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry , 57 (7), 471-480. Hollon, S. D., & Beck, A. Cognitive and cognitive-behavioral therapies. Lambert (Ed.), Kendall, P. Hedtke, K.

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