In 2017, Capobianco, Morrison, and Wells conducted an experiment to asses how the belief in the importance of thoughts (a negative metacognitive belief) affects people’s stress responses. 75 students (54 women, 21 men) participated in the experiment, and …
Each post is a 5 min read into Metacognitive Therapy. While it took me 25 hours to write these blog posts, it will take you about 30 minutes to read them all. Enjoy your dive. Introduction to …
Is physical activity really as effective as antidepressants and psychotherapy for treating symptoms of depression and anxiety? The largest review so far, summing up the results of over 1000 studies (all randomized controlled trials), shows that the …
I can resist everything except temptation – Oscar Wilde If you are having problems with cravings, this is a post about one mechanism that maintains it according to research. A study shows that desire thinking underlies addictive …
In this post, I follow up on how detached mindfulness can be applied in therapy and in everyday situations. This is my last post in the series Inside the Mind of a Metacognitive Therapist. You may want …
Detached mindfulness is being aware of having a thought while leaving it alone. In metacognitive therapy, it is often helpful to practice a basic treatment component called detached mindfulness (DM) to facilitate meta-level change and to reduce …
As a metacognitive therapist, I meet people who try to control their thoughts and feelings in various, sometimes creative, ways. People who try to get rid of certain thoughts, people who try to suppress their anxious feelings, …
In this series, I dwell on my own experiences of metacogntive therapy from my perspective as a therapist. In this post, I want to show you what role the focus of attention plays when it comes to …
Sometimes when I ask people about their goal of attending therapy, they might say that they want to get rid of negative thoughts and feelings, such as anxious or depressive thoughts. At other times, they might say …
I want to share with you how the dialogue in metacognitive therapy is different from other talk therapies that I have done, from my point of view as a therapist. In metacognitive therapy sessions, I try to …
