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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Moderation analyses also showed that a significantly larger effect size was reported when CFT was delivered by a therapist compared to when it was delivered as a self-help or “mixed” intervention. What are some of the challenges for therapists in incorporating compassion in their interventions? Frontiers in Psychology , 13 , 841932.

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

To identify challenges, the youth and therapist collaboratively generate a graduated list of feared situations, or “fear ladder,” that best target core fears. Bergin and Garfield’s Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change (6th ed ed., Exposure Therapy for Anxious and OCD Children. Hollon, S. D., & Beck, A. Lambert (Ed.),

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

My journal was my first therapist, where I recorded frustration, anxiety and depression. Like Thompson, they filled the day with activities that provided structure and predictability, the two things I needed as much as medication and psychotherapy. I’ve been at Thompson for over six years as a therapist,” Kathy started.