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The Key Principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

By Kristina Fenn, Majella Byrne — 2013

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) explores the links between thoughts, emotions and behaviour. It is a directive, time-limited, structured approach used to treat a variety of mental health disorders. It aims to alleviate distress by helping patients to develop more adaptive cognitions and behaviours.

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9 Interesting Facts About CFT / Compassion Focused Therapy

Nine facts about CFT a psychotherapy system created by Paul Gilbert that incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) methods with topics such as evolutionary psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, Buddhist psychology and neuroscience.

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Lucas Berg
2021
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Mapping Emotions On The Body: Love Makes Us Warm All Over

When a team of scientists in Finland asked people to map out where they felt different emotions on their bodies, they found that the results were surprisingly consistent, even across cultures.

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Michaleen Doucleff
2013
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What Is Goal Setting and How to Do It Well

Is the goal you have set actually achievable? Whilst humans are industrious, innovative, beings with massive potential for achievement, the goals we set need to be grounded in reality lest we set ourselves up for disappointment.

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Elaine Houston
2020
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Brain Mechanisms that Give the Iceman Unusual Resistance to Cold

Dutch adventurer Wim Hof is known as ‘The Iceman’ for good reason. Hof established several world records for prolonged resistance to cold exposure, an ability he attributes to a self-developed set of techniques of breathing and meditation—known as the Wim Hof Method.

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Wayne State University—Office of the Vice President for Research
2018
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The Science of Healing Thoughts

A growing body of scientific research suggests that our mind can play an important role in healing our body — or in staying healthy in the first place.

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Gareth Cook
2016
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Childhood, Disrupted

Adversity in childhood can create long-lasting scars, damaging our cells and our DNA, and making us sick as adults

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Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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The Science of Willpower

Contrary to popular belief, willpower is not an innate trait that you're either born with or without. Rather it's a complex mind-body response that can be compromised by stress, sleep deprivation and nutrition and that can be strengthened through certain practices.

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Lia Steakley
2011
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The Science of How Our Minds and Our Bodies Converge in the Healing of Trauma

Nowhere is this relationship more essential yet more endangered than in our healing from trauma, and no one has provided a more illuminating, sympathetic, and constructive approach to such healing than Boston-based Dutch psychiatrist and pioneering PTSD researcher Bessel van der Kolk.

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Maria Popova
2016
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)