Psychological flexibility is kind of like physical flexibility, it lets you do the things that are important to you even when there are obstacles in your way. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is thus far the method used to increase psychological flexibility and it has been shown to be effective in …
Read More »Effects of DBT-based Interventions on Alexithymia: A Systematic Review
Alexithymia [from the Greek a (not) – lexis (words) – thymos (emotion); “no words for emotions”] is a term developed to describe people with marked restriction in experiencing emotions, difficulties in identifying and distinguishing their feelings from physical sensations, and a particular struggle to find appropriate words to verbalize what …
Read More »Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia (CBTi) as a treatment for tinnitus-related insomnia: A randomised controlled trial
Tinnitus is the perception of a sound in the absence of an external noise. It is a very prevalent experience; studies vary slightly but it is generally accepted that tinnitus affects between 10% and 15% of the population. Tinnitus can affect all age groups, including children, but a person is …
Read More »Very Long-Term Outcome of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: One- and Ten-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial
People who have received CBT to treat their insomnia can benefit from the treatment for at least a decade – this we can claim, with some confidence, based on our new study. Considering our participants had been suffering from poor sleep for more than ten years when the treatment started, …
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