This podcast is the narrated version of my article <a href="/blog/6-easy-behavioural-interventions-for-anxiety/">6 Easy Behavioural Interventions for Anxiety</a>.
Behavioural interventions can be highly effective for anxiety as they break the cycle of worry and paralysis by analysis. Getting your client to do something different, however small, can make all the difference.
In this episode I talk about:
<ul>
<li>The multi-pronged approach to treating anxiety</li>
<li>The mysterious power of chewing gum</li>
<li>Naming the anxiety</li>
<li>Facing the anxiety</li>
<li>Breathing away the anxiety</li>
<li>Grading the anxiety</li>
<li>Discharging the anxiety</li>
<li>Teach your clients the AWARE technique</li>
</ul>
Or watch this episode of the podcast on video below:
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References/Notes:
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<li><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24444431" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24444431</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/1301574" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.nature.com/articles/1301574</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005796715000431" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005796715000431</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163834317300476?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163834317300476?via%3Dihub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://psychcentral.com/news/2011/07/13/intense-exercise-helps-combat-panic-anxiety/27693.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://psychcentral.com/news/2011/07/13/intense-exercise-helps-combat-panic-anxiety/27693.html</a></li>
</ol>

Helping Clients in a Double Bind: Podcast 037

Mark Tyrrell is a therapist and trainer, and co-founder of Uncommon Knowledge.

His interest in psychological treatment began in the late 1980s while working in a secure psychiatric hospital. He has worked as a therapist and trainer since 1995, specialising in brief, solution focused therapy.

His approach focuses on what actually works in the therapy room, rather than theory for its own sake.

In this podcast, Mark shares practical insights, techniques, and perspectives drawn from real therapeutic experience, designed for therapists, counsellors and anyone interested in effective psychological change.