Therapy can help a person examine distressing beliefs, particularly those involving threat, shame or personal significance. The approach usually begins with understanding the feared outcome and the emotional burden. Direct confrontation can damage trust, so…Continue Reading
Coping strategies are actions used to manage experiences and their consequences. They may include grounding, structured activity, attention shifts, relaxation, problem-solving or seeking support. Therapy examines which strategies actually help and which provide brief relief…Continue Reading
A formulation is a shared explanation of how difficulties developed and what may be maintaining them. In cognitive behavioural therapy, it connects experiences with emotions, beliefs, behaviour and circumstances. It is individual rather than a…Continue Reading
An experience and its interpretation are related but distinct. Hearing a voice may be distressing partly because it is understood as powerful, dangerous or proof of personal failure. A suspicious thought may lead to avoidance…Continue Reading
Therapy for distressing voices may examine their content, triggers and the beliefs a person holds about their power or intentions. Two people hearing similar words can experience very different levels of fear. The relationship with…Continue Reading