Metacognitive therapy is based on the principle that worry and rumination are universal processes leading to emotional disorder. These processes are linked to erroneous beliefs about thinking and unhelpful self-regulation strategies. Metacognitive Therapy: Distinctive Features is an introduction to [...]

Anxiety-based disorders are among the most common mental health problems experienced in the population today. Worry is a prominent feature of most anxiety-based disorders including generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stres[...]

Depressive rumination leads to a multitude of negative consequences such as the maintenance and exacerbation of negative mood and future episodes of depression. In the first volume to provide a comprehensive and authoritative empirical and clinical coverage of the process of rumination in depressi[...]

Cognitive therapies are based on the idea that behavior and emotions result largely from an individual's appraisal of a situation, and are therefore influenced by that individual's beliefs, assumptions and images. This book is a comprehensive guide to cognitive therapy of anxiety disorders.[...]

This groundbreaking book explains the "whats" and "how-tos" of Metacognitive Therapy (MCT), a cutting-edge form of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with a growing empirical evidence base. MCT developer Adrian Wells shows that much psychological distress results from how a person responds to negative tho[...]

Tankene våre har sterk innvirkning på hvordan vi har det emosjonelt og psykologisk. I går løp det tusenvis av tanker gjennom hodet ditt. Noen var hyggelige, andre mindre hyggelige. Hvor ble det av alle disse tankene?Tanker kommer og går. Et viktig premiss for tilnærmingen som beskrives i denne[...]