CBT

Will additional funding for talking therapies in the NHS work?

This week the Government announced extra funding for talking therapies in the NHS, crisis care, as well as a focus on preventing illness and proposals to strengthen early intervention and to integrate mental health services into primary care. The austerity agenda over the last 7 years has severely impacted the budgets of mental health services

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FOBTs and the review of the Gambling Act 2005

Often dubbed the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’, Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) are electromechanical devices most commonly found in UK betting shops and allow players to bet on the outcome of various games, of which the most common are roulette and blackjack, and events with fixed odds.They have been in betting shops since 2002. The Government recently

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Making better decisions

I always find it interesting when people not trained in psychology adopt tools, techniques and insights from the field and start to practice them in their particular area. Sports coaches are increasingly using psychological insights to improve elite performance in individual and teams sports. Another area is the investment sector to boost one’s ability to

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My interview with Windy Dryden about CBT and integrative psychotherapy

I recently chatted with Windy Dryden about CBT and integrative psychotherapy. Windy was the first appointed professor of counselling studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London, in 1992. In the interview we discuss the challenges of editing the Handbook on Individual Therapy, often viewed as essential reading for anyone wanting to know more about counselling

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Recovery from addiction (with a spiritual twist)

I came across 3-s therapy or Spiritual Self-Schema in my recent reading. This is a manual based therapy developed by Avants and Margolin. The chief objective of the therapy is to enable clients to develop, build upon and habitually activate a cognitive schema, which is what is referred to as the Spiritual self-schema. See the step by step guide

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CBT of little use in the treatment of schizophrenia

The results of a recent study into the effectiveness of talking therapies and CBT as a treatment programme for schizophrenia show its usefulness is so minimal that it’s continued recommendation cannot be justified. Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire led by Prof Keith Laws found that CBT only had a “small therapeutic effect” on schizophrenic symptoms. For

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At some point in a OCD patient’s recovery, it is important that people with OCD try CBT first

  The OCD Action National Conference recently took place in London. Leading OCD charity, OCD Action, organises the annual OCD Action National Conference to help people with OCD develop their own support network and to give them the chance to hear from leading experts. The World Health Organisation has listed OCD in their top ten

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