Once upon a time, in a hustling city, lived a man named Rohit aged around 34 years. He has recently become a Father. Though he has the happiness of becoming a father to a beautiful angel, he seems dull and
According to the World Health Organization, more than 7 lakh people die every year due to suicide. Suicide is associated with numerous psychological disorders, particularly borderline personality disorder and major depressive disorder. To treat these disorders and to reduce the
APA Dictionary of Psychology defines REBT or Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy as a form of cognitive behaviour therapy that is based on the idea that an individual’s self-defeating beliefs influence and may even create negative feelings and behaviours. REBT was
NIMHANS, The Behavioural Medicine Unit of the Department of Clinical Psychology conducting two days workshop on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: OCD and related disorders on 26th and 27th October 2018. The objectives of the workshop are the Cognitive Behavioral management of Obsessive Compulsive
Insomnia is one of the most common types of sleep disorders, which is characterised by difficulty falling, sleep difficulties in the quality of sleep, waking up too early, and then difficulty falling back asleep. Insomnia is one of the most
You always procrastinate on your daily tasks. You have tried several times to change this behaviour. Do you find it hard and feel like it is impossible? You’re not alone, and behaviour modification therapy might be just what you need.
In the 1960s, Aaron Beck proposed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), a psychotherapeutic approach that deals with automatic negative thoughts, cognitive distortions and underlying beliefs or schemas that disturb one’s cognition, emotions and behaviours. Today, CBT is extensively researched and used
The primary goal of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy is to make an individual aware of their negative thought patterns (also known as irrational thoughts), make sense of them, promote rational thinking in its stead, and lead to a healthier coping mechanism. Intending
Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy is a new, structured treatment approach for people diagnosed with mood disorders, focusing particularly on bipolar disorder. In designing ISRT, Dr Ellen Frank and colleagues take aspects of interpersonal therapy combined with stabilizing daily routines
Remember the recent interview with Ranbir Kapoor regarding his idea of therapy? It didn’t help him, and he was vocal about it (let us forget about it being problematic or not for the sake of this article). But does therapy
