E9. The MAGIC of MAKING MATTERS WORSE: The Psychology of Catastrophizing!

THE MAGIC of MAKING MATTERS WORSE: The Psychology of Catastrophizing!

Audience: Anyone struggling with Anger, Anxiety, Panic, & those who love them.

Psychotherapy Adventurers:  Gamer Girl Heather, Super Bookworm Sarah, Squirrel Girl Debbie, & Doc Heath

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Show Summary:  In this episode . . .

TherapyBites Podcast is the home of the A.R.T. LAB which investigates, explores, & educates all about the neuroscience of Accurate, Realistic Thoughts & Life Affirming Beliefs by challenging worn out, unsubstantiated, ivory tower psychological theories as well as kool-aid drinking, pseudo-psychological social media clap-trap.

Today we venture into the deeper, darker recesses BENEATH the therapy couch to explore a concept often misunderstood by patients and clinicians alike.

Are you trying to rid your life of ANGER?  Is your clinician fooling you and THEMSELVES; thinking life may be lived WITHOUT anxiety?  Are you one of the many who THINK that stress and panic are DEADLY?  This episode is calling your name.

The brain is an assembly line for REALITY.  It is INSIDE the confines of the vault of your skull that YOU get to DECIDE the progression of OUTER reality AND the emotions MANUFACTURED in response to those thoughts.

On today’s episode we put some real-life shoe leather on the neuropsychology of an often-practiced COGNITIVE DISTORTION known by clinics experienced in “cognitive psychology” as CATASTROPHIZING.  Join our curious band of psychotherapy adventurers on a journey into the valleys, nooks, & crannies of catastrophic thinking and learn how it can SHRINKIFY your life, while EMBIGGENING your anger, anxiety, & panic and needlessly siphon attention, energy, and relationships. 

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USEFUL REFERENCES:  

Askari, I. The Role of the Belief System for Anger Management of Couples with Anger and Aggression: A Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective. J Rat-Emo Cognitive-Behav Ther 37, 223–240 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10942-018-0307-5

Neufang, S., Geiger, M.J., Homola, G.A. et al. Cognitive-behavioral therapy effects on alerting network activity and effective connectivity in panic disorder. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 269, 587–598 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-018-0945-8

Yang, Y., Kircher, T., & Straube, B. (2014). The neural correlates of cognitive behavioral therapy: Recent progress in the investigation of patients with panic disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 62, 88-96.

 

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