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 …
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. – Voltaire I want to follow up on my previous post Inside the Mind of a Metacognitive Therapist – Part 1 The Basics, in which I …
I practice metacognitive therapy everyday in a private practice for a range of psychological disorders. I have been doing therapy for a total of 8 years now and I have been certified by the Metacognitive Institute™. In …
Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the faster it flies away – Steven Hayes I want to show you a great video of prof. Steven C. Hayes: A scientific profile who has contributed …
This article is about studies on the nocebo effect – the opposite of the placebo effect (which I have also written about – read more here). The nocebo effect is an expectation about negative treatment outcomes which …
A new experiment (using a so-called Stroop test) finds that goal reminders help people solve a task that requires both working memory capacity and attentional control. Goal reminders simply help people keep a goal present in their …
Did you already drop your New Year’s Resolution? It might be too early to drop it, so what is going on? We want to see change in our lives but have difficulties changing ourselves. This article is …
