The “Reducing Health Anxiety: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Health Anxiety Course Handbook” serves as a comprehensive guide for a course specifically tailored to address health anxiety through cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) methods. This handbook likely provides detailed insights into the nature of health anxiety, strategies and techniques derived from CBT to manage and alleviate such anxieties, and perhaps includes exercises or activities for individuals to practice these techniques.
This handbook would be particularly valuable for individuals experiencing health anxiety, healthcare professionals working in mental health, or anyone interested in understanding how CBT can be applied to this specific form of anxiety. It might include case studies, practical exercises, theoretical backgrounds, and guidance on implementing CBT strategies in everyday life to effectively manage and reduce health anxiety.
Sessions overview:
- Session 1: Introductions. What is CBT? What is Health Anxiety?
- Session 2: How Health Anxiety maintained. The model of health anxiety
- Session 3: Thoughts behind the fear
- Session 4: Focus on bodily sensations/attention
- Session 5: Safety behaviours and avoidance
- Session 6: Worry
- Session 7: Rules
- Session 8: Relapse Prevention
FREE PDF DOWNLOAD OF REDUCING HEALTH ANXIETY COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY FOR HEALTH ANXIETY: COURSE HANDBOOK
