Tag Archives: attention training therapy

Mindlifting

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Joel

Mindlifting is Body Building for the Mind. Bad News: Life is one problem after another. Good News: Problems offer opportunities to check whether you are caught up in a Mind Drama of thoughts, emotions, and feelings. Each problem offers the … Continue reading →

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Metacognitive Therapy

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Joel

Conquering the Voice Within Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Not only was psychoanalysis ineffective, it trapped me in a bizarre, introspective maze. OCD came on full force during the weekly, often twice weekly sessions.  After a few months, I forgot the … Continue reading →

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Life-Altering Elixir

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Joel

Life-Altering Elixir I’ve been writing in this blog about Open Focus, Attention Training Therapy, Metacognitive Therapy ( MCT ), Ki Breathing, and life-altering ellixirs. Though I have a master’s degree in psychology, I am not posting as an academic, and … Continue reading →

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Attention Training Therapy Metacognitive Therapy 3

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Joel

Attention Training Therapy Attention training therapy (ATT) is a part of metacognitive therapy (MCT) developed by Adrian Wells, professor of clinical psychology, University of Manchester. The therapist tells the client that their disorder is maintained by dwelling on symptoms and … Continue reading →

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Attention Training Therapy

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Joel

Attention Training Therapy ( ATT ) Attention Training  Therapy (ATT) trains the mind to be flexible. ATT focuses on sounds within space and is a part of Metacognitive Therapy created and developed by Professor Adrian Wellls of University of Manchester.

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Attention Training Therapy ( ATT )

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Joel

Attention Training Therapy ( ATT ) I said in “Mindfulness Meditation While Jogging“, I hate to jog and I hate to meditate. So I practice Attention Training Therapy (ATT) while jogging.  ATT is Open-Focus meditation with both sounds and space. It is … Continue reading →

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Placebo Paradox

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Joel

Who is Doing the Healing and Sabotaging? Since studies have shown the brain can heal the body and it is our brain and our body, why don’t we just heal ourselves? Just as in Wright’s case, even when a treatment … Continue reading →

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