The following questions are related to ‘CBT’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I’ve been suffering from intrusive, obsessive thoughts for about 5 months now. Some of the thoughts involve images of stabbing and thoughts such as turning into oncoming traffic when driving. I’m 100% sure that I do not want to act on these thoughts, yet they still occur almost 24/7. As you can imagine, these [...]
Q: The relationship I was in before my marriage was a very unhealthy one. There were uncountable cheating episodes (on both sides), and there was constant heartache. I am now in a healthy relationship with my husband, but I can’t help not constantly worrying that he is either cheating on me or thinking about cheating [...]
Q: I seem to have treatment-resistant Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia. I say this because, as far as I am aware, I have tried every conceivable treatment for my anxiety disorder. This long list includes: multiple SSRIs, tricyclic antidepressants, beta blockers, off-label uses of medications such as Seroquel and Neurontin, Vistaril and other antihistamines, BuSpar, various [...]
Q: I live in the U.S. and found this forum when reading through “The Loser” series of articles and hope you might be able to help with my problem. My son is 16 and was diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) and Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED). He feels abandoned by his mother because she moved [...]
Q: I have been diagnosed with depression, and I am currently receiving treatment for it. However, I am still having a lot of anxiety as well as problems sleeping. Is there anything that I can do to help with these these things besides just taking the medication I’ve been given? I am in a perpetually [...]
Q: Is there a mental disorder that resembles anything close to a “Head In the Sand” condition? For about the last 10 years, something like that has been going on with me. I seem to avoid almost everything. I can’t seem to handle any kind of conflict. I’m afraid to get my own mail, won’t [...]
Q: I’m a 25-year-old Dutch female, and I’ve been suffering with what my psychiatrist called Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Hypochondriasis, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic attacks, and mild Depression for over a year now. I obsess over all of the symptoms that I have (along with many other things, like my love life, what the future [...]
