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Practical CBT writing on anxiety, perfectionism, mood, and the patterns underneath. Written to be useful whether you are thinking about therapy or already in it.
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Procrastination: when avoiding the task is the task
Why procrastination is rarely laziness, and how CBT addresses the patterns underneath.
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When worry shows up in your body
Why anxiety often presents physically before it becomes mental, and what CBT does about somatic symptoms.
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Anxiety in high-functioning adults
Why high-functioning anxiety is invisible from outside, and what CBT does about the version that meets every deadline and quietly wears you down.
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Online CBT vs in-person
What the research actually says, and the practical considerations when you are deciding.
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Is it time for therapy?
A practical, honest guide to deciding whether what you are dealing with is the kind of thing therapy can help.
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Adjustment: when life changes faster than you can settle around it
What adjustment difficulty actually is, and how CBT helps you find ground after a major change.
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Specific phobias: why “just face the fear” usually fails
Why pushing through a phobia tends to backfire, and how graded exposure does the same job differently.
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Anger: when the response feels bigger than the situation
Why “letting it out” doesn't reliably help, what's usually underneath the anger, and what CBT actually does.
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The harsh inner critic: working with chronic self-criticism
Why the inner voice that drives you also wears you down, and how CBT changes the relationship without lowering your standards.
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Social anxiety: when other people start to feel like a threat
How self-focused attention and post-event analysis quietly maintain social anxiety, and what CBT does about it.
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Performance anxiety and the avoidance paradox
Why pressure makes you put off preparing, and how CBT addresses the symptoms and the pattern underneath them.
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Intrusive thoughts: what OCD really looks like
Why everyone has intrusive thoughts, what tips them into OCD, and how ERP gradually breaks the cycle.
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Living with overthinking
Why worry feels productive even when it isn't, and how CBT changes the relationship with the inside of your own head.
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Panic attacks: what is actually happening
Why panic feels life-threatening but isn't, and how CBT addresses the fear of fear that keeps the cycle going.
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When sleep stops working: a CBT approach to insomnia
Why trying harder to sleep almost always backfires, and what CBT-I actually does about it.
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Burnout: when the system that used to work stops working
How burnout actually presents, why pushing through makes it worse, and what CBT does about it.
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Low mood and the drift into doing less
Why low mood narrows what we do, and how CBT rebuilds momentum from the smallest possible starting point.
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How CBT actually works: a research-based explanation
The evidence behind cognitive behavioural therapy and why it's effective for anxiety and mood problems.
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Is perfectionism holding you back?
How to recognise when high standards tip into self-sabotage — and what to do about it.
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Understanding health anxiety: when worry becomes overwhelming
Why our minds get stuck on physical symptoms and how CBT can help break the cycle.
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