- Only use your bedroom for sleep and sex. – Have a bedtime routine for cueing yourself into winding down for sleep, just as you would for a child. Stop doing stimulating activities at least 1-2 hours before bedtime. – Go to bed and get up at the same time everyday. – For when you [...]

Reassurance seeking is a common pattern in clients with high worry (e.g. Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Health Anxiety, Attachment/Relationship anxiety) The Reassurance Seeking Trap is that getting reassurance often works in the short term but then wears off, so you seek more. Excessive reassurance seeking has some negative consequences, which CRUELLY fuel greater worry and a [...]

Some days, everything is going well and I think I’m a great psychologist. Some days I think I am indeed awesome, lol. But, there are moments when it pops into my head that “I’m useless”. I’m sharing this example to show how you can use two different approaches for dealing with these types of thoughts. [...]