Cognitive-Behavioral Library

• Not Otherwise Specified: Anxiety & the Work of Dr. Robert Hudak
  Southwest Pennsylvania National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) held its annual conference at the beginning of ...
• Living with Chronic Pain and Depression
  About 50 percent of people who have chronic pain also have depression, according to Robert D. Kerns, ...
• Job Duties and Qualifications of a Cognitive Psychologist
  The brain is the body’s ultimate control center. It is the most important and ...
• New Baby Blues or Postpartum Depression?
  “I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I’m supposed to feel a surge of maternal instinct, right? I’m supposed to ...
• Therapists Spill: How I Cope with Stress
  None of us is immune to stress -- not even the professionals who help ...
• Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don’t, and How to Make Any Change Stick
  Mixing roughly three parts information with one part practical technique for yoking habits to the service of self-improvement, Jeremy Dean’s Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don’t, and How to Make Any Change Stick tours ...
• Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Psychologist Marla Deibler
  Ever wonder what clinicians really think about their work? How they navigate stressors? And the resources they ...
• OCD, Guilt and Religion
  "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he…." ~ Proverbs 23:7 Grace had grown up in a religious home. She ...
• Why Can’t I Change? How to Conquer Your Self-Destructive Patterns
  In Why Can’t I Change?: How to Conquer Your Self-Destructive Patterns, Shirley Impellizzeri outlines the psychological issues surrounding attachment from birth through adulthood. Using the latest research on brain science plus well-supported theories, Impellizzeri does a solid job ...
• Children with Fibromyalgia Benefit from CBT
  Recent research suggests that cognitive behavioral therapy can improve the lives of children and adolescents suffering ...
• What OCD Feels Like: Being Absolutely Uncertain
  Mike's thoughts were driving him “crazy.” One thought would lead him into another and another. His anxiety would ...
• A Special New Year’s Resolution for Procrastinators
  Procrastinators rejoice! The coming of the New Year is a fantastic opportunity for you to energize yourself toward achieving ...
• Are You SAD This Winter? Coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder
  Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) goes beyond the winter blues. It goes beyond feeling tired or sad or ...
• Is Using Technology To Treat OCD a Good Idea?
  For people who are suffering for any reason, the Internet can offer ready-made support. Those with OCD, for ...
• Social Anxiety Disorder Treatment
  Social Anxiety Disorder -- also known as social phobia -- is commonly treated by either psychotherapy or certain types of psychiatric medications. ...
• Should You Consider Alternative Treatments for Anxiety Disorders?
  Anxiety disorders are one of the most common psychiatric disorders. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), ...
• The First Line of Treatment for Insomnia That’ll Surprise You
  Whenever most people have serious trouble sleeping, they automatically reach for a sleeping aid, whether that’s ...
• 9 Ways to Make the Most Out of Therapy
  Therapy can be tricky. Before even walking in the door for ...
• 10 Things You Should Know About Compulsive Hoarding
  Many people might claim that, at least at one point in their lives, they could be classified as a "pack rat" or a ...
• Challenging Our Cognitive Distortions and Creating Positive Outlooks
  In this time of mounting economic issues, financial burdens, and the stress of everyday life many of us find ...
• How to Halt and Minimize Panic Attacks
  Experiencing a panic attack can be scary. While panic attacks vary among individuals, attacks tend to ...
• Answer Your Irrational Thoughts
  Irrational thoughts are at the core of understanding your mental illness, according to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT's theory is that common mental health issues like ...
• What’s the Difference Between CBT and DBT?
  Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most commonly practiced forms of psychotherapy today. It's focus is on helping people learn how ...
• 14 Strategies for Sleeping Better
  For you the idea of sleeping well might be as far-fetched as a unicorn sighting. And in our productivity-driven society, sleep is usually the first thing ...
• The Boy Who Finally Stopped Washing: OCD From Both Sides of the Couch
  John B. is a therapist who both suffers from and treats OCD.  In this memoir, he describes what it’s like to live with OCD, and, in general terms, the treatments that helped him and his ...