Inside the Mind of a Metacognitive Therapist – Part 7 Detached Mindfulness
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 …
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Inside the Mind of a Metacognitive Therapist – Part 6 Thought Control and Overthinking
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 …
Inside the Mind of a Metacognitive Therapist – Part 5 Changing Focus
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 …
Inside the Mind of a Metacognitive Therapist – Part 4 Get Rid of or Get Good at?
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, …
Inside the Mind of a Metacognitive Therapist – Part 3 The Meta-Level Dialogue
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 …
Getting Thoughts is Different from Thinking
This article is about how your metacognitive beliefs control your thinking. Let me show you this example: How many thoughts have you had today? And …
Thinking Too Much About the Future? Accept Uncertainty as a Life Partner Using Metacognitive Methods
I assume that most people think about their futures to some degree, but the difference between thinking and overthinking may be the difference between feeling …
Think Less to Overcome Depression, New Treatment Paradigm Suggests (Why You Should Know About Metacognitive Therapy)
A new study by psychologist Pia Callesen, published in the reputable journal Scientific Reports in Nature (2020), shows that Metacognitive Therapy is way more effective …