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Uncontrollability

6 techniques · 1 approach
MCT
Controlled Worry Experiment
Controlled Worry Experiment
The client is asked to deliberately worry as intensely as possible for 5–10 minutes, and then to stop. The experiment demonstrates: worry is…
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Metacognitive Behavioral Experiments
Metacognitive Behavioral Experiments
Behavioral experiments specifically directed at testing meta-beliefs — unlike CBT, what is being tested is not anxious predictions but belie…
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Negative Metacognitive Beliefs Modification
Negative Metacognitive Beliefs Modification
Work with beliefs about uncontrollability ("I cannot stop worrying"), dangerousness ("too much worry will drive me mad"), and the significan…
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Rumination Postponement
Rumination Postponement
An analog of worry postponement for depressive rumination. When the client notices the start of the cycle of "why am I like this / what is w…
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Verbal Reattribution
Verbal Reattribution
A targeted Socratic dialogue to change metacognitive beliefs about the uncontrollability, dangerousness, or usefulness of worry/rumination. …
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Worry Postponement
Worry Postponement
The client makes an agreement with themselves: when worry begins, they consciously postpone it to a fixed "time for worry" (for example, 30 …
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