EFT may be thought of as an example of kinaesthetic hypnosis. Regardless of any meridian points or suchlike, EFT seems to work because the added somatic element helps those clients who are perhaps less inclined to function cerebrally. That is, the added physical element allows clients to take on board…
The Option Method Questions are: What are you unhappy about? (identify) What do you mean? (clarify) Why are you unhappy about that? (identify) What do you mean? (clarify) What are you afraid would happen or… What are you afraid it would mean if you were not unhappy about that? Why…
Bruce Di Marsico created what he called the Option Method nearly 40 years ago. According to their own blurb: The Option Method is a highly effective way to help with depression, stress, anxiety, frustrations, relationship and marriage problems, and improve mental health. By asking carefully designed Option Method questions, anyone…
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a form of counselling intervention that draws on various theories of alternative medicine including acupuncture, neuro-linguistic programming, energy medicine, and Thought Field Therapy (TFT). EFT and similar techniques are often discussed under the umbrella term “energy psychology”. Advocates claim that the technique may be used…
The following description is taken from, Byron Katie’s Four Questions: You write down your stressful thoughts, and then ask yourself the following four questions: Question 1: Is it true? This question can change your life. Be still and ask yourself if the thought you wrote down is true. Question 2:…
The following answer is taken from Byron Katie’s website: The Work doesn’t say what anyone should or shouldn’t do. We simply ask: What is the effect of arguing with reality? How does it feel? This Work explores the cause and effect of attaching to painful thoughts, and in that investigation…
We don’t know Byron Katie personally, so are in no position to comment on her as a person.‘The Work’ – which is what Katie calls her method of self-inquiry has been experienced as a useful tool by many people. The ideas contained within are not original, but the way they…
In DBT, Distress Tolerance skills are used when we are unable, unwilling, or it would be inappropriate to change a situation. It’s important to use the right skills at the right time. In order to change a situation or emotion, we would use Emotion Regulation skills. Distress Tolerance skills are…
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavioural treatment that was originally developed to treat chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and it is now recognized as the recommended psychological treatment for such people. In addition, research has shown that it is effective in treating a wide…
The Serenity Prayer was first composed by the North American theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971). The shortest and most well-known version is: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. A fuller…