Sentences with phrase «painful feelings and behavior»

Traditional psychology has centered on becoming aware of and healing our difficult and painful feelings and behavior.

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During the process of making the behavioral assessment, the therapist decided tentatively on several therapeutic tools that he could use in helping her change her painful behavior and feelings.

They may have moments when life doesn't feel worth living, hopelessness sets in, and painful behaviors that make the situation even worse pop up.

While Swerdlow's film feels predominantly comedic — aiming to depict the junky's behavior as childish and pathetic — it's only natural that for the actors involved, the experience was sometimes painful, forcing them to relive moments from their past that they'd rather not.

DBT groups are helpful for those in recovery as participants learn skills to work through painful feelings without a substance, decrease addictive behaviors, get unstuck from emotional or behavioral patterns, learn to be present in the moment and participate fully in life, let go of shame and judgments of self and others, and utilize assertive communication.

I use these and other research - based methods to help clients alleviate stress and trauma, along with the negative thoughts, painful feelings and destructive behaviors they can lead to.

However, many do not experience intimacy with God and others because they become trapped in painful and destructive behaviors that lead to feelings of depression, anxiety, shame, hopelessness, and isolation.

This negative way of thinking tends to result in feelings of anxiety, depression, and anger, and to a wide variety of self - defeating behaviors and emotionally painful life experience.

Ironically, the addict gains little satisfaction from the sexual behavior because the desired result is to numb out painful feelings and avoid feeling bored.

Denying painful feelings can lead to unhealthy and self - defeating behaviors.

In trauma, some highly distressing experience produces very painful feelings, and the individual adopts defensive coping behaviors to protect against a recurrence.

When a person experiences emotions as very intense, and has difficulty tolerating painful feelings, he or she may look to substances or other addictive behaviors as a strategy for coping.

Incorporate awareness training from the Crosshairs model to help clients with trauma to effectively identify painful thoughts and feelings and determine behaviors as being helpful or unhelpful in an effort to increase valued living.

Therapy provides people with an opportunity to learn about their feelings, thoughts, behaviors, and to develop healthier skills for living, and coping with life's difficulties and painful experiences.»

Addictive behaviors can be seen as a futile attempt to manage inner experience and painful feelings that have remained unprocessed.

As a couples therapist who believes every undesired behavior stems from a natural longing for connection and love, it makes great sense that we respond to these painful feelings of disconnection in one of two ways.