‘It’s the original ideas around adapting irrational thoughts – the “cognitive” part of CBT – that seem to have trickled most into the mainstream.’Illustration: Rita Liu/The Guardian The first time I ...

Jacqueline Sperling, PhD, a clinical psychologist and assistant professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, and co-program director of the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program, led a study ...

Researchers have used brain scans to measure changes in the cerebral activity of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder after undergoing a type of cognitive behavioral therapy. They found that the ...

A first-line therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) reshapes connectivity of the brain, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, published ...

The results of the present pilot study provide preliminary evidence that patients with OCD find aspects of MBCT acceptable and beneficial. Changes within eight weeks included a perceived decline of ...

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When your mind focuses on the unthinkable—and won't let it go ...

I specialize in using Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) for a structured approach to therapy. In the past decade, I completed specialized training and education ...

All 12 treatment completers appreciated the program as a whole, were glad they had participated and stated that they had in one way or another experienced it as an enrichment to their lives. Five ...