Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Posted By Kelly On Monday, August 15th 2011 under: Patient Treatment Manual
This Manual is both a guide to treatment and a workbook for persons who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder. During treatment, it is a workbook in which individuals can record their own experience of their disorder, together with the additional advice for their particular case given by their clinician. After treatment has concluded, this Manual will serve as a self-help resource enabling those who have recovered, but who encounter further ... Read More
Managing Anxiety and Distress
Posted By Kelly On Monday, August 15th 2011 under: Patient Treatment Manual
The next step is to help you to feel more in control of your reactions. We will do this in several parts. First, there are many simple things you can do in your day-to-day life that will make you feel more in control and less distressed. There is nothing magical about these "Hints for coping" - most are simply common sense - but they can make a real difference. The ... Read More
Exposure Therapy: Confronting Feared Situations
Posted By Kelly On Monday, August 15th 2011 under: Patient Treatment Manual
The next part of treatment is the most difficult and painful - confronting the feared situations and traumatic memories. It is also the most important. Your therapist will not start this process until you are ready and will take you through at a pace that you can manage. Most people find that it is not nearly as difficult as they expect it to be and there is often a tremendous ... Read More
Exposure Therapy: Confronting the Memories
Posted By Kelly On Monday, August 15th 2011 under: Patient Treatment Manual
A form of exposure therapy is also used to treat distressing memories of the trauma. We call it "imaginal exposure". In Section 5, we talked about confronting feared situations such as places, people, and activities. In cases of Posttraumatic stress disorder, however, the most "feared situation" is actually the painful memories of your experience. These memories are so frightening, and cause so much distress, that the person tries to avoid ... Read More
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Posted By Kelly On Monday, August 15th 2011 under: Patient Treatment Manual
This Manual is both a guide to treatment and a workbook for people who suffer from generalized anxiety disorder. During treatment, it is a workbook in which individuals can record their own experience of generalized anxiety disorder, together with the additional advice for their particular case given by their clinician. After treatment has concluded, this Manual can serve as a self-help resource when challenges or difficulties are faced.
This program will ... Read More
Relaxation Strategies:Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Posted By Kelly On Monday, August 15th 2011 under: Patient Treatment Manual
What is relaxation training?
Relaxation is the voluntary letting go of tension. This tension can be physical tension in the muscles or it can be mental, or psychological, tension. When we physically relax, the impulses arising in the various nerves in the muscles change the nature of the signals that are sent to the brain. This change brings about a general feeling of calm, both physically and mentally. Muscle relaxation has ... Read More
Thinking Strategies
Posted By Kelly On Monday, August 15th 2011 under: Patient Treatment Manual
Humans are thinking, feeling, and behaving beings. These three aspects of our make-up interact with each other. However, thoughts can often go unrecognized and we fail to realize the important role they play in the way we feel and behave. People often presume that events lead directly to feelings.
A Situation, Event or Interaction
Noticing a mistake in a report you have written for work
Сemotional Response and Behavior
Anxiety, annoyance; hiding from the ... Read More
Managing Worry
Posted By Kelly On Monday, August 15th 2011 under: Patient Treatment Manual
Individuals with generalized anxiety worry a lot. These worries tend to center on everyday things; we all worry to some extent about problems that might arise at home or at work, about illness or injury afflicting ourselves or our family, about difficulties in our relationships with others, or even financial pressures. Individuals with generalized anxiety will recognize that they worry excessively about these things, that the worries are often unrealistic, ... Read More
Structured Problem Solving
Posted By Kelly On Monday, August 15th 2011 under: Patient Treatment Manual
Our lives are full of problems to be solved, ranging from major life crises to the more mundane hassles of our day-to-day lives. However, no matter how small or trivial the matter, if problems remain unsolved, or if the way they are resolved is unsatisfactory, they can lead to feelings of uncontrollability or the perception of threat, which are major contributors to anxiety.
Structured problem solving is a useful strategy for ... Read More
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Posted By Kelly On Monday, August 15th 2011 under: Patient Treatment Manual
This Manual is both a guide to treatment and a workbook for persons who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder. During treatment, it is a workbook in which individuals can record their own experience of their disorder, together with the additional advice for their particular case given by their clinician. After treatment has concluded, this Manual will serve as a self-help resource enabling those who have recovered, but who encounter further stressors ... Read More