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Joanna Rodriguez
Dementech
How does CBT work for anxiety?
Joanna Rodriguezexplains howCBT(cognitive behavioural therapy) can help people who suffer withanxietyby arming them with mental tools that they can use to combat worrying thoughts and stress.
Transcript
CBT for anxiety, it depends on the anxiety conditions. So CBT for generalised anxiety works on a person's worrying thoughts. It works on a person's response to their worries, so the things that they do when they feel the anxiety building up. If it's CBT forOCD, which is an anxiety condition, it's working on a person's compulsions, and helping them to respond differently to the anxiety-provoking thoughts they're having. If it's anxiety forpost-traumatic stress, which is another anxiety condition, then it's about helping a person process the trauma incident through a number of different ways.
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