Author: Leona Sears

CBT RESISTANT DEPRESSION THERAPY

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TO BOOK CALL: 07 505 124 933 Contrary to many assumptions that a resistant depression is difficult to treat when depressed clients come to see me for CBT depression therapy, I find depression to be the least complicated condition to treat and I am confident that many CBT professionals would agree with me. My preferred method of work is to utilize the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approach that was developed by Aaron Beck in the US. The Cognitive Behavioural therapy focuses on client's negative t...
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COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION

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TO BOOK CALL: 07 505 124 933 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for depression was developed by Aaron Beck (1967). Beck was classically psychoanalytically trained as most of his contemporaries in the early 20th century. However, Beck noticed that his depressed patients improved faster when he focused on the clients' negative thoughts rather than the psychosexual stages of development of the psychoanalytical model and this is how he developed the cognitive behavioural therapy model (CBT). Beck provide...
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HOW NOT TO LIVE A NEW LIFE IN THE WAKE OF DIVORCE

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So you got your divorce, but is the grass always greener on the other side of the fence and do you know how not to live your new life in the wake of divorce? Whether you found yourself rejected by your ex-partner, or you are the one who filed for divorce and is now bragging about your happier life as a single person to your unsuspecting friends, the fact is that divorce is the second most stressful life event that can happen in our lives (Holmes and Rahne, 1997). However it important to say, tha...
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RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING

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TO BOOK CALL: 07 505 124 933 Are you having difficulties falling asleep, you might not be able to maintain your sleep, you could be waking up in the morning feeling weighed down by chronic guilt, fear, anger or ambivalence about what to do next with your relationship or marriage? You might also be wondering whether you should try to work through your issues, whether you should break up, or continue, providing that what you and your partner had before, would be somehow restored again. Whatever st...
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16 INTERESTING POINTS ABOUT AGGRESSION

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1. The two types of aggression known in humans are offensive and defensive. 2. The hypothalamus is involved in the existence of and periodicity of aggression but is not involved in controlling behaviours. 3. People can learn aggressive behaviours from other people as demonstrated by Bandura  (1963) in his social experiments by letting children watch playing aggressively with a doll. 4. Overcrowded places have been documented to onset aggression (Calhoun, 1962). 5. The male hormone testos...
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ANGER MANAGEMENT

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. . . anger is an emotion, regulated by the hypothalamus, and it is inevitable for our existence because it enables us to protect ourselves and maintain our integrity. . . . . . the aim of counselling psychology, psychotherapy and anger therapy then is not deleting that emotion from your limbic system but rather exploring the meaning of your anger and various possibilities how to express your anger without causing serious casualties neither to yourself nor to anyone else in your enviro...
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ANGER MANAGEMENT FOR AN INNAPROPRIATE EXPRESSION OF ANGER OR AGGRESSION

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An inappropriate expression of anger such as screaming, abusive words use, threats, insults, physical attacks in conflictual situations is an essentially clumsy expression of anger and it can be addressed and solved with anger management. At Westminster Psychotherapy Ltd you will learn how to contain your anger and communicate it with your colleagues and loved ones in a way so that you will be heard and respected but you will learn to communicate your anger in a more controlled manner. The con...
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YOUR NEW LIFE AFTER DIVORCE

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So you got your divorce, but is the grass always greener on the other side of the fence? Whether you found yourself rejected by your ex-partner, or you are the one who filed for divorce and are now bragging about your happier life as a single person to your unsuspecting friends, the fact is that divorce is the second most stressful life event that can happen in our lives (Holmes and Rahne, 1997). However it important to say, that the individual differences will vary with divorce leading to lower...
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MIDDLE-AGED, INSECURE, DESPERATE AND HOME ALONE

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Middle age is defined as the period of your life after adulthood and before the beginning of old age and the psychological or biological beginning of this stage of our lives might vary from person to person. To give an example, a friend of mine who is forty-three is five months pregnant and another friend of mine who is also forty-three has received a clinical confirmation that she has reached her menopause. So, whilst both of my friends' fertility capacity varies, it is important to emphasize...
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