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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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Open-Focus Brain Training

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Joel

Exercise One: Open-Focus Brain Training The perception of space is the foundation of open-focus brain training exercises. Once you grasp the concept of focusing on space, you are able to shift between narrow to diffused and immersed focus, between foreground … Continue reading →

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Open Focus

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Joel

Narrow Focus Most of our formal education encourages a narrow focus of attention. “Pay attention” is a phrase most of us have heard through grade school. Pay attention means to focus narrowly on what I am saying or on what … Continue reading →

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