Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Have you heard of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? Then you may already know that this form of therapy is modern psychology’s most powerful tool in correcting and allowing long-term relief from anxiety disorders. Are you wondering whether it can help you?

We at the Anxiety Toolbox Program are happy to reassure you that you have landed in the right place! For a one-time charge of $34.95, you can have the most up-to-date cognitive behavioral therapy program for anxiety available. You will not find a more complete or thorough resource in any bookstore or at any other website. If you do, we will give you a full refund, no questions asked!

If you have any of the following anxiety problems, you owe it to yourself to read this entire page—it will only take you a few minutes:

• Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Anxiety Attacks and Panic Disorder
• Specific Phobias (such as fear of spiders, air travel, needles)
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has been found to be the cornerstone on which all successful treatment of these conditions is based. Most importantly, research has shown that, for many, Internet-based programs are as successful and often more successful than standard one-on-one sessions with a therapist. Besides the reality that cognitive behavioral therapy is expensive and often not covered by insurance, and the fact that many people get discouraged trying to find a therapist they feel comfortable with, Internet-based therapy has several other advantages over traditional therapy:

• You can assimilate and have at your command the most powerful therapeutic tools in a matter of a few hours rather than having them dolled out over months (or years) by a therapist.
• You can take the program at your own speed, spending more time on your personal trouble areas and less on issues that don’t pertain to you.
• You can do it in the privacy of your own home.
• You don’t have to worry about health or life insurance companies finding out you have anxiety and penalizing you for it.

We recommend that you use this program with the guidance and help of a trained therapist, if you can afford this option.

Cognitive behavioral therapy begins with making corrections in our dysfunctional thought processes. Any misperceptions or misconceptions about ourselves, others, or the world around us are challenged. We also emphasize and teach stress and anger management, focus on assertiveness and training to resolve inhibitions, as well as the teaching of social skills which may be deficient in those with social phobia. For those with phobias, graded desensitization and extinction through real or virtual-reality exposure to social situations and to uncomfortable sensations is a tool that reprograms the brain to respond to stressful stimuli without triggering the anxiety response.

What you think and believe must be frequently challenged. What you have seen on TV or learned on the Internet may have no bearing to your reality. The myths you grew up with, as well as your own misinterpretations about the scrutiny of others and your own misperceptions about your internal physical sensations must be countered regularly by reality and truth.

Cognitive behavioral therapy first looks at the core assumptions that often form the basis of our “false beliefs” and “irrational thoughts.” One of these is the assumption that things are being done to us in life by forces aligned against us: “That really got me upset….He makes me nervous…Dogs scare me…Being lied to like that really makes me angry.” In reality, nothing is done to us. Things happen in the world which are not under our control. However, we can control how we react to these events! If we react with unrealistic, irrational “self-talk,” we will get our emotions all worked up for no purpose.

In cognitive behavioral therapy, we learn that two forms of irrational self-talk are “catastrophic thinking” and “absolute thinking.” During catastrophic self-talk, we think of all the awful possibilities and come up with nightmarish interpretations of our experiences. We imagine the worst case scenario, no matter how improbable, and let our emotions get carried away. A momentary chest pain is a life-threatening heart attack; a criticism from your supervisor means you will be fired; your spouse has to take a business trip for a week and the thought of being alone is unbearable terrible. The emotions that follow have nothing to do with your brief pain, supervisor’s comment, or spouse’s decision. They have everything to do with your own self-talk about the events. Again, the events do not cause the emotions; your self-talk determines your emotional response.

In “absolute thinking,” words such as “should,” “must,” “always,” and “never” are common. This is because we believe things must be a certain way, or that we must react in a certain way. If you don’t live up to a certain value or standard, you feel you are bad or have failed in some way. In reality, your irrational standard is what’s bad, because it sets you up for unrealistic expectations of yourself and others that can never be satisfied. Absolute thinking is sure to bring you frustration, disappointment, and unhappiness---all for nothing.

Replacing the false beliefs and irrational thoughts with the truthful reality is the focus of cognitive behavioral therapy. The Anxiety Toolbox Program will reset your frame of reference in a way that will make you resistant to anxiety. In addition, it will teach you all you need to know about human emotions, helpful medical and alternative treatments, and will show you how to design your own strategy for complete emotional wellness.

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