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# Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression

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    Effective for sufferers of clinical depression or anxiety
  

*by G***E on Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2011*

This book presents a therapeutic approach to depression and anxiety called Meta Cognitive Therapy. It targets therapists as its primary audience but, although I am not a therapist, it was recommended to me by a friend who was cured from depression by this therapy. It did help me to overcome a trauma that had developed into a depressive state.The idea behind the Meta Cognitive Therapy is that anxiety disorders and depression come from thought processes that persist long after a trauma or an initial fear as inadequate responses to it, and therefore perpetuate or even aggravate it into a dysfunctional state of clinical depression or anxiety. For example, the victim of a bank robbery suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder is caught in the thought process that he/she must constantly pay attention to danger in order to avoid being a crime victim again. Constant worry and accompanying rituals and ruminations paralyze him/her.The therapy consists in a cognitive dialogue with the therapist and practical cognitive techniques/exercises that help the patient to change his/her response to these thought processes. One technique, for example, is to learn how to put oneself into an observer role and view one's obsessive negative thoughts as what they are: thoughts than can pass. Another technique is an analytical dialogue in which the therapist helps the patient to uncover the reality of his/her thought processes: how they arise from wrong beliefs (for example 'I can prevent crime by constantly paying attention to my environment" or "I am defined by a past trauma", how they negatively affect the patient, etc. One ground principle is that one can prevent thoughts from escalating into negative obsessions by letting them pass, not by fighting them.The therapy can be relatively brief (8 weeks). Clinical trials have shown very positive results.Different chapters present a detailed therapy roadmap illustrated by clinical cases for each of the major forms of anxiety and depression including generalized anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. I found that the general principles of the therapy related well to now popular philosophical approach of Mindfulness (see "The Power of Now" by Eckart Tolle and many Buddhist and non Buddhist Mindfulness writings). It was also interesting in its own right to learn more about depression and anxiety as they affect so many people.Two remarks:- the book overuses acronyms such as MCT, PTSD and many more.- it includes many figures that are not properly visualized on the Kindle

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    Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression
  

*by I***E on Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2009*

I cannot say enough good things about Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression.  I saw many psychiatrists, psychologists and over 35 years in January 2009 I discovered Metacognitive Therapy and three months later I've reduced my anxiety to normal levels.  It's not a miracle, it's a direct benefit of putting together the knowledge from this book and practicing the techniques described.  I've contacted my friends with anxiety and/or depression as this is the best resource I've seen to overcome anxious and depressive conditions.I was intrigued with the book from page one, "Thoughts don't matter, but your response to them does: as everyone has negative thoughts but not everyone believes their negative thoughts and develops anxiety."  I've read the book three times and I've phoned all my friends and family members with anxiety and/or depression to please read this book.Metacognitive therapy (MCT) does not question the reality of a person's individual thoughts and beliefs; it focuses on how to change a person's response to the thought.  It cuts to the chase of the how to overcome anxious thinking and provides the tools to disengage from intrusive thoughts (called mental events) while providing a step by step method of how to reduce anxiety to normal levels.Before reading this book, I thought that my worry kept me safe, protected me from danger and I firmly believed it was impossible for me to stop worrying.  I worried all day, everyday and half the night.  I was existing, not living.  Thanks to MCT I now experience anxious thoughts in metacognitive mode and view the thought as an event in the mind and as such, I do not have to pay attention to it resulting in no more worry!  I cannot recommend this book highly enough.  I hope that MCT becomes better known in the US (the author is from England) as it has the potential to help millions.

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    Not just a first taste in MCT - not for general readers
  

*by S***K on Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2019*

The book provides the lastest research in MCT and an in-depth discussion of the approach as a generic first-line therapy.  In spite of not being a practitioner, I have read the book out of professional interests. I would say some parts can be technical if the reader does not have any background.

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