Relapse Prevention
Relapse prevention, or RP for short, is a cognitive-behavioral approach with the goal of identifying and preventing high-risk situations such as substance abuse, obsessive-compulsive behavior, sexual offending, obesity, and depression. Underlying Assumptions Relapse is seen as both an outcome and as a transgression in the process of behavior change. An initial setback, or lapse
Cognitive Analytic Therapy
Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) is a form of psychological therapy initially developed in the United Kingdom by Anthony Ryle. This time-limited therapy was developed in the context of the UK’s National Health Service with the aim of providing effective and affordable psychological treatment which could be realistically provided in a resource constrained public health system.
Self-talk Identification, Questioning & Revision (SIQR)
Self-talk Identification, Questioning & Revision (SIQR) is a set of specific techniques within the general rubrics of cognitive-behavioral, experiential and “neuropsychological” therapies guided by late 20th and early 21st century research on brain function. Therapeutic Objectives As is the case with other cognitive therapies, the principal goal of SIQR is to assist the patient
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Cognitive-Shifting
Cognitive shifting is a method used in awareness management describing the mental process of re-directing one’s focus of attention away from one fixation and toward a different focus of attention. This shifting process can be initiated either by habit and unconsciously, or as an act of conscious volition. In the general framework of cognitive therapy
Bio-feedback Therapy
Biofeedback is a treatment technique in which people are trained to improve their health by using signals from their own bodies. Physical therapists use biofeedback to help stroke victims regain movement in paralyzed muscles. Psychologists use it to help tense and anxious clients learn to relax. Specialists in many different fields use biofeedback to help
Research on Meditation
Meditation refers to the cultivation of positive factors in one’s life, through a practice session and/or throughout one’s daily life. Meditation may be compared to a sport, where with practice one develops greater skill in what is being practiced. There has been an increase in scientific research, experiments, studies, and the like, on how meditation
Mindfulness
Modern clinical psychology and psychiatry since the 1970s have developed a number of therapeutic applications based on the concept of mindfulness (Pali sati or Sanskrit smriti) in Buddhist meditation. Definitions Several definitions of mindfulness have been used in modern Western psychology. According to various prominent psychological definitions, Mindfulness refers to a psychological quality that
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a structured complementary medicine program that uses mindfulness meditation in an approach that focuses on alleviating pain and and improving physical and emotional well-being for individuals suffering from a variety of diseases and disorders. The program was established by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. (MBSR) programs
Mental Health
Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual’s ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience. Mental health is an