Negativity:
Negative thinking disorders are disorders that branch from extreme anxiety and are most commonly termed as anxiety disorders. Under this particular kind of disorder are disorders like obsessive compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress, panic disorder and social phobia. It's the negative thinking in these negative thinking disorders or anxiety disorders that feeds the anxiety causing it to grow. This disorder is rooted in our thoughts. To cure it, we must change our negative thoughts into positive ones with ways like cognitive therapy.
Anxiety:
Anxiety can range from a feeling of unease at its mildest, to a panic attack at the most severe end of the spectrum.
The physical symptoms can be frightening - in fact, the emotion of fear is central to many people's experiences of anxiety.
General Anxiety disorder and other forms of Anxiety. (Fear of fear). This is defined as over estimating the situation and under estimating our coping mechanism. Unfortunately our ability to process modern days stress has not kept up with our Modern day advances.
Depression:
Depression is a common disorder that presents with depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, low energy, and poor concentration. These problems can become chronic or recurrent and lead to substantial impairments in an individual's ability to take care of his or her everyday responsibilities.
Reactive Depressions, Fear of loss. A feeling of being depressed with your relationship with the world in general. This can be easily alleviated with CBT techniques.
I.E Relationship Problems, Job losses, Our Relationship with the World and Society. Modern day pressures- with Peers , Work and so on.
Addictions:
Addiction is a persistent, compulsive dependence on a behavior or substance. The term has been partially replaced by the word dependence for substance abuse. Addiction has been extended, however, to include mood-altering behaviors or activities. Some researchers speak of two types of addictions: substance addictions (for example,alcoholism, drug abuse, and smoking ); and process addictions (for example, gambling, spending, shopping, eating, and sexual activity). There is a growing recognition that many addicts, such as polydrug abusers, are addicted to more than one substance or process.
All types of dependencies are dealt with. Emotional triggers and coping mechanisms are exposed and worked upon. I believe you do not have to accept that you are an Addict. You can chose not to be an addict and take control of your life!
Using CBT we explore your Behavioural and Emotional states and work out coping strategies that assist in the short term.
We will also look at addressing your Core Belief System in order to promote behavioural change and get you back in charge of life and thus being Addiction Free.!
OCD and Compulsions.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is currently classified as an anxiety disorder marked by the recurrence of intrusive or disturbing thoughts, impulses, images or ideas (obsessions) accompanied by repeated attempts to suppress these thoughts through the performance of certain irrational and ritualistic behaviors or mental acts (compulsions). The obsessions and compulsions take up large amounts of the patient's time (an hour or longer every day) and usually cause significant emotional distress for the patient and difficulties in his or her relationships with others.
Promoting taking control of triggers, safety mechanisms and reassuring behaviours.
Pure O, rituals and unwanted behaviour.
Social Phobias and Internalizing:
Social phobia is defined by DSM-IV-TR as an anxiety disorder characterized by a strong and persistent fear of social or performance situations in which the patient might feel embarrassment or humiliation. Generalized social phobia refers to a fear of most social interactions combined with fear of most performance situations, such as speaking in public or eating in a restaurant. Persons who are afraid of only one type of performance situation or afraid of only a few rather than most social situations may be described as having non generalized, circumscribed, or specific social phobia.
Social phobia is also known as social anxiety disorder.
Sexual Addictions:
Sexual addiction is best described as a progressive intimacy disorder characterized by compulsive sexual thoughts and acts. Like all addictions, its negative impact on the addict and on family member’s increases as the disorder progresses. Over time, the addict usually has to intensify the addictive behaviour to achieve the same results.
For some sex addicts, behaviour does not progress beyond compulsive masturbation or the extensive use of pornography or phone or computer sex services. EG Internet, Pornography, Fear of Intimacy
Eating Disorders:
"Eating disorder" is when a person eats, or refuses to eat, in order to satisfy a psychic need and not a physical need. The person doesn't listen to bodily signals or perhaps is not even aware of them. A normal person eats when hungry and stops eating when the body doesn't need more, when he feels the signal of satisfaction.
Eating disorders are usually classified as anorexia, bulimia or binge eating in accordance with the symptoms. However, a person may have an eating disorder without belonging exactly to any of these categories.