The following questions are related to ‘CBT’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: My partner suffers from panic attacks and anxiety. He has been seeing the same therapist now for the last 7 years, but it seems he hasn’t moved forward with his problems.
Although I am sympathetic to his problems, I feel (as does he) that his therapy has stalled and the counselor he’s been seeing isn’t [...]
Q: I have been diagnosed with a Panic Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and obsessive-compulsive behaviors. I have been dealing with these disorders, I think, pretty well. I have been researching my conditions and educating myself on effective coping methods. I’ve also been seeing a therapist once a week.
I am very against medication, and I [...]
Q: I experience a really bad nervous association with or reaction to noises. Loud noises such as airplanes or dogs drive me insane. But small noises are a really big problem also, especially pen clicking, various popping noises, people snorting their nose, tapping, squeaky chairs, etc.
This has been going on for decades, and it has [...]
Q: I’m a college student, and I have a relationship issue that is causing me a lot of mental distress. I hope you can give me advice about it.
My old roommate slept with a girl who later became one of my best friends. She is now my girlfriend and I simply love her to death. [...]
Q: I’m in my mid-twenties, and I live in Belgium. My psychiatrist diagnosed me with GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) over a year and a half ago. At that time I did have physical symptoms, but for the last half a year, the physical symptoms seem to have gone. I still worry, however — day in [...]
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