Necrophobia- Fear of death or dead things I can be argued that all phobia and fear can be broken down into a fear of death or dying. The thought that something may cause us to meet our end is a … Continue reading →
Misophobia or Mysophobia- Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs When many of us were children, we enjoyed playing outside. This play could have consisted of pretend games like cowboys and Indians or war games or other such pretending … Continue reading →
Who and What are You in Your Therapy Practice By now, after the last few posts I am sure you are getting a good idea of where we are going with these ideas: You need to know who and what you … Continue reading →
Being the Best Therapist You Can Be In the description of the elements in my book Building a Sucessful and Ethical Therapy Practice, Fiona Biddle and I highlighted the need to Be the best therapist you can be We will look … Continue reading →
Types of Goals The basic motivations in life are avoidance of pain and pursuit of pleasure. All goals can be chunked up to this ultimately. Research has shown that the motivation to avoid pain is more than twice as strong as … Continue reading →
Importance of Goals In order to get what you want, you must know what you want Ok, so itâs not always true: IÂ didnât know IÂ wanted a digital camera until IÂ won one in a competition, but conversely, IÂ would never have got … Continue reading →
Learnt behaviour theory This theory is similar to the conditioning theory, but with a difference. That is that here, the subject has learnt from someone elseâs experience that an anxiety state is to be expected. For example, a boyâs mother … Continue reading →
The Match-mismatch theory & Psychoanalytical theory The Match-mismatch theory This theory is based on the idea of the subject having an inaccurate expectation of the fear that a situation may provoke. This can work both ways in that an underprediction … Continue reading →
Conditioning theory Perhaps the most prevalent theory in anxiety research is the theory of conditioning. That is that a person âlearnsâ that something is to be feared through experience. This experience may be a one off experience of may be … Continue reading →
Preparedness theory One theory of the aetiology of anxiety disorders, particularly specific phobia is that they are an inevitable part of our biology, hard-wired into our brain through the process of evolution, a vestige of the times when seeing a … Continue reading →
