Metacognitive Therapy Exercises: How to Use Them Successfully
Photo: Zulmaury Saavedra Many people overthink from time to time, with some not even realizing it. While overthinking is not harmful, it is unproductive and can strain your mood, potentially...
Metacognitive Therapy Tools – What Are They and Should You Use Them?
Photo: Fuu J If you are dealing with anxiety, depression, OCD, or low self-esteem, there is a good chance you are spending a lot of time either worrying/analyzing, trying to push away unwanted...
Attention Training Technique – What is it and How to do it Right
Photo: Eric Nopanen Imagine if you had full control over your attention. If you wanted to, you could focus away from the anxiety you are feeling in your body and into the present moment. Or...
Photo: Bermix Studio If you think back to ten of your past worries, how many of them led you to solutions? Were they good solutions? And did these solutions come from worrying or did you engage in...
Worry Postponement – Why it Hasn’t Worked for You and How to do it Instead
(2) I recently researched "worry-time" and realized that many experience difficulty with either applying it or even understanding its purpose. "Worry-time" refers to the postponement of worry to a...
(1) Until recently, rumination was regarded as an involuntary symptom of depression and anxiety. Psychologists didn't think that rumination could be voluntarily stopped because the mind...
