Psychology
fromPsychology Today
16 hours agoThe Therapy Hack That Might Save You Time and Money
Clients' blind irrational beliefs hinder progress; when trust exists, therapists explicitly pointing them out can accelerate therapeutic change.
To address hoarding, begin with the main principle: Your emotions and behaviors come from your thinking about situations, not from the situations themselves.This is good news! When your emotions or behaviors are undesirable, you're not defeated. You can identify the beliefs causing these emotions and behaviors and then change your thinking. So the first step in diagnosing a hoarding problem involves identifying the irrational thinking that's behind it.