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The Worry Tree

How to manage worry

How to manage worry using a technique called The Worry Tree. I hope this will help you to worry less and live more effectively. Worrying means thinking negatively and repeatedly about problems or unpleasant things that might happen. Would you like to learn some ways to reduce worrying? Are you a worrier? Do you spend a lot of time in your head thinking about problems or potential problems? If so this presentation could help you.

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LTC Problem Solving for people with a Long Term Condition

During this video, we’ll be talking about a technique called problem-solving, a practical approach to solving problems. This technique helps us to break our problems down into small, manageable chunks and take practical steps in a structured way to overcome these problems.

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Activities

Learning about how to be more active is one way of helping to improve your mood and manage worry. There are many benefits for being active and it can give you a sense of taking control of your life and make you feel more confident. Focusing on the things that we’re supposed to be doing or the things that we enjoy can give us a sense of pleasure or achievement. Doing nothing can make you feel lethargic and tired and this can contribute to depression. Being active helps to reduce worrying or dwelling on negative thoughts. In this video we discuss the different types of activity and the benefits of being active.

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LTC Worry and your Long Term Condition

In this video a TalkPlus clinician talks about Worry for people with a Long Term Condition. All of our videos are based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, known as CBT. To aid accessibility, all our videos have subtitles (click the cc icon). You may have been directed to this page by your therapist or you may have found this website via a search engine. Whichever it is, we hope you find these videos informative and helpful.