Anger Management | Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

The Battlefield

ByPaul Brennan RPsych March 27, 2016April 4, 2016

You’ve been trying to win the war with your mind, with your anxiety, with your depression, with your anger, with whatever. True? Well, acceptance is about letting the war roll on while you leave the battlefield.

Anger Management

Looking “at” your thoughts not “from” your thoughts

ByPaul Brennan RPsych February 12, 2016April 5, 2016

Many of us struggle with thoughts that are difficult, painful, unhelpful or just annoying. Part of the problem is that these thoughts tend to follow us around: Even if we go to Mexico, our painful thoughts will probably come along for the ride. Of course there are many distractions that we can use to…

Anger Management | Defusion

Auctioning thoughts/feelings

ByPaul Brennan RPsych March 27, 2016March 31, 2016

The Auction Based on a metaphor submitted to ACBS by joshua.ruberg Imagine you’re at an auction where your thoughts and feelings are being sold off. You’re allowed to inspect the lots before the auction begins. You can spend some time looking at each item and thinking about how you might use it. When the auction…

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety | Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

The Pendulum

ByPaul Brennan RPsych March 27, 2016April 4, 2016

Imagine a feeling, any feeling or emotion. How long will it last? Imagine a pendulum. The higher you lift it in one direction, the more power you give it to swing up on the other side. You will perhaps notice its weight and resistance even more when you let it go. It is the same with feelings –…

The Sushi Train

ByPaul Brennan RPsych May 11, 2017May 11, 2017

Ride the Sushi Train of the Mind My daughter used to love those restaurants where sushi dishes paraded past on a little train track. Long-time Edmontonions may remember that there used to be one in WEM. In this new video, Russ Harris uses the sushi train as a beautiful metaphor for the relationship that we all…

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression | Defusion | Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | Self As Context

The mind is like a GPS

ByPaul Brennan RPsych March 27, 2016April 4, 2016

Our mind is like a GPS. These systems are very convenient and useful. But it’s still important to keep one’s eyes wide open and look out of the window from time to time. Some people have ended up driving into a river because a bridge had gone down and the system hadn’t been updated. In…

Anger Management | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression

Don’t get gripped by the script!

ByPaul Brennan RPsych January 6, 2017January 6, 2017

January is a time when many of us consider making personal changes. Inevitably, we also reflect on some of the resolutions to change that we made last January. And we might well come to the conclusion that change is just too darn difficult. This article discusses how this plays out with the specific concern of weight…

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