We are all facing a situation we have never faced before. As providers of psychological support for anxiety and low mood, we know only too well how much strain this pandemic will put onto people trying to adapt to these uncertain, unpredictable and largely uncontrollable times.Therapists and Practitioners are in the same stressful situation as everyone else. Facing social isolation, distancing from those we care about and adapting the way we work, parent and live our lives in a very short period of time to this novel situation. We too may be scared about access to enough resources for our fa ..read more

The common trap of setting sub-optimal homework and how to avoid it This blog was first published in January 2017 and has been updated in 2019 as a reminder of the importance of dose in CBT and Low Intensity CBT and being clear in your mind if the component of treatment you are offering is either scaffolding or change. We look at the key differences between scaffolding and change© homework to ensure you are setting the right things (at the right time!) The term scaffolding and change was first developed by Marie Chellingsworth in 2017 to explain the two distinct types of homework and why get ..read more

We overheard a Practitioner saying recently that cCBT is much like that well know brand of yeast extract. You either love it, or you hate it (they went on to say how much they hated it). The strong reaction cCBT provoked struck a chord for us here at The CBT Resource. We have been thinking about this a lot recently, not least due to the NICE review of cCBT packages that is taking place at the moment. We thought it made an interesting topic for our next blog! Is cCBT a good option for services? How can you engage and support people to get the most from it and not drop out? What qualities does ..read more

In this months blog we are taking a look at how our own beliefs, behaviours and emotions can impact upon our clinical practice - and how we can overcome these We examine Therapy Interfering Behaviours and Beliefs (TIBs) The role of supervision in challenging these Other modes of therapy have a long history of examining therapy interfering behaviours, emotions or beliefs that can impact on the therapy or therapeutic relationship. In CBT, the literature on drift and improving outcomes has detailed the ways in which our own beliefs and subsequent actions may impact on the effectiveness of the ..read more

We are all facing a situation we have never faced before. As providers of psychological support for anxiety and low mood, we know only too well how much strain this pandemic will put onto people trying to adapt to these uncertain, unpredictable and largely uncontrollable times.Therapists and Practitioners are in the same stressful situation as everyone else. Facing social isolation, distancing from those we care about and adapting the way we work, parent and live our lives in a very short period of time to this novel situation. We too may be scared about access to enough resources for our fa ..read more

The common trap of setting sub-optimal homework and how to avoid it This blog was first published in January 2017 and has been updated in 2019 as a reminder of the importance of dose in CBT and Low Intensity CBT and being clear in your mind if the component of treatment you are offering is either scaffolding or change. We look at the key differences between scaffolding and change© homework to ensure you are setting the right things (at the right time!) The term scaffolding and change was first developed by Marie Chellingsworth in 2017 to explain the two distinct types of homework and why get ..read more

We overheard a Practitioner saying recently that cCBT is much like that well know brand of yeast extract. You either love it, or you hate it (they went on to say how much they hated it). The strong reaction cCBT provoked struck a chord for us here at The CBT Resource. We have been thinking about this a lot recently, not least due to the NICE review of cCBT packages that is taking place at the moment. We thought it made an interesting topic for our next blog! Is cCBT a good option for services? How can you engage and support people to get the most from it and not drop out? What qualities does ..read more

In this months blog we are taking a look at how our own beliefs, behaviours and emotions can impact upon our clinical practice - and how we can overcome these We examine Therapy Interfering Behaviours and Beliefs (TIBs) The role of supervision in challenging these Other modes of therapy have a long history of examining therapy interfering behaviours, emotions or beliefs that can impact on the therapy or therapeutic relationship. In CBT, the literature on drift and improving outcomes has detailed the ways in which our own beliefs and subsequent actions may impact on the effectiveness of the ..read more

We are all facing a situation we have never faced before. As providers of psychological support for anxiety and low mood, we know only too well how much strain this pandemic will put onto people trying to adapt to these uncertain, unpredictable and largely uncontrollable times.Therapists and Practitioners are in the same stressful situation as everyone else. Facing social isolation, distancing from those we care about and adapting the way we work, parent and live our lives in a very short period of time to this novel situation. We too may be scared about access to enough resources for our fam ..read more