Stressed To Zest

Self-practice, Self-reflection (SP/SR) & treatment for social anxiety: more on avoidance, social skills & compassion (5th post)

Stressed To Zest — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 06:24:45 +0000

What's your "fitness age"? It's a key predictor of how long you're likely to live

Stressed To Zest — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:28:30 +0000

CBT Today: keeping up with the literature (take two)

Stressed To Zest — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 17:34:34 +0000

I have been asked to write a column on "Keeping up with the literature" for CBT Today "the official magazine of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies". I sent in a first copy a couple of months ago, but unfortunately the editors couldn't get the space to squeeze it in. Today's post is an extension of that first copy, with several additions to the original publications that were initially recommended. As before, I thought it might be helpful to put an online version onto this website so that I can include relevant hyperlinks to the various research articles that I mention.

Self-practice, Self-reflection (SP/SR) & treatment for social anxiety: avoidance & safety behaviours (4th post)

Stressed To Zest — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 06:24:25 +0000

Self-practice, Self-reflection (SP/SR) & David Clark's treatment for social anxiety: personal aims (3rd post)

Stressed To Zest — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 04:29:39 +0000

Improving therapeutic success rates: UK IAPT data gives us a clearer set of targets

Stressed To Zest — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 06:37:51 +0000

Recent research: articles from September journals

Stressed To Zest — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 05:30:34 +0000

Assessment & monitoring questionnaires for CBT treatment of social anxiety disorder

Stressed To Zest — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 06:50:18 +0000

I went to a workshop on the treatment of social anxiety disorder with David Clark in July. It was very helpful. I've listed assessment & monitoring questionnaires that he recommended below:

As a general measure to assess and track changes in social anxiety severity, the freely available Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) is the questionnaire recommended by the England & Wales NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) "outcomes toolkit". Interestingly David seems to prefer the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) probably because it makes a pretty full job of assessing both anxiety and avoidance.

Self-practice, Self-reflection (SP/SR) & David Clark's treatment for social anxiety: assessment (2nd post)

Stressed To Zest — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 05:15:56 +0000

Yesterday I wrote an introductory post on using self-practice & self-reflection (SP/SR) to improve my understanding of David Clark's treatment for social anxiety. In today's post I want to look at assessment - of social anxiety disorder, of skill with Clark's CBT approach, and at SP/SR initiation.

BABCP Scotland autumn conference: Paul Salkovskis "Master class for health anxiety & unexplained medical symptoms" (1st post)

Stressed To Zest — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 05:06:56 +0000

Self-practice, Self-reflection (SP/SR) & David Clark's treatment for social anxiety: introduction (1st post)

Stressed To Zest — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 04:43:47 +0000

A startlingly effective way to reduce interpersonal conflict and distress - discussion & broader applications

Stressed To Zest — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 04:54:13 +0000

(this post is downloadable both as a PDF file and as a Word doc)

A startlingly effective way to reduce interpersonal conflict and distress - the intervention & results described

Stressed To Zest — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 03:48:50 +0000

(this post is downloadable both as a PDF file and as a Word doc)

Recent research: articles from summer journals

Stressed To Zest — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:14:45 +0000

A more personal university reunion - reflecting further, personality change and wellbeing

Stressed To Zest — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 06:08:28 +0000

A more personal university reunion - North again and adult life development tasks

Stressed To Zest — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 17:28:18 +0000

A more personal university reunion - heading South, emotional intelligence, and re-visioning our pasts

Stressed To Zest — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 09:25:20 +0000

"The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices." Irvin Yalom

CBT Today: keeping up with the literature

Stressed To Zest — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 04:24:30 +0000

(Note an updated & extended version of this blog post is now available)

I have been asked to write a column on "Keeping up with the literature" for CBT Today "the official magazine of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies". I thought it might be helpful to put an online version onto this website so that I can include relevant hyperlinks to the various research articles that I mention.

Melbourne lecture: "How can we help our clients more effectively?" - encouraging benefits from using sessional feedback

Stressed To Zest — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 06:38:13 +0000

(the full 48 slide Powerpoint lecture can be downloaded by clicking here)

Melbourne lecture: "How can we help our clients more effectively?" - the current worrying situation

Stressed To Zest — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 05:23:54 +0000

(the full 48 slide Powerpoint lecture can be downloaded by clicking here)

I gave a lecture in Melbourne today entitled "How can we help our clients more effectively?" An initial slide highlighted the main points I covered: