Category: Anxiety

In some recent supervisions I’ve noticed a sign of excessive anxiety that students almost always miss. Here’s an example. See if you can catch it! Th: “What is the problem you would like me to help you with?” Pt: “My doctor told me to see you. He says I have an anxiety disorder. My mother…

“What do you think about fear of positive feelings? Do you notice an aversion to feeling positively in your clients? How do you think this develops, and how would ISTDP handle it? By fear of happiness, I mean avoiding happy feelings to escape negative consequences (such as being happy makes us selfish or immoral, being…