Manhattan Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Schedule an appointment
Home » DBT

CBT for Anger Management Problems

by

Few emotional problems are as destructive as unhealthy anger. Fortunately, cognitive-behavioral therapy, or CBT, can be very helpful if your anger is hard to control.

CBT for anger management

Anger is one of the basic human emotions. It’s universal – everyone feels angry at times. Anger is often labeled as a “bad” emotion. But the truth is it isn’t – it can actually be helpful to feel angry! For example, when someone acts against you or you experience injustice, anger can help motivate you to stand up for yourself or to fight back.

[Read more…]

cPTSD vs. PTSD: What’s the Difference?

by

Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (cPTSD) is somewhat different from PTSD. Here’s what you need to know about distinguishing cPTSD from PTSD and the treatment for each of these conditions.

cptsd vs ptsd patient

What Is PTSD?

Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a syndrome that affects some people who have been through a traumatic event. Traumatic events typically involve serious harm or the threat of serious harm. Examples include things like sexual assault, motor vehicle accidents, combat, sexual or physical abuse, assault or mugging, natural disasters, and accidents. Traumatic events can also involve the unexpected or violent loss of a loved one.

If you experience the following symptoms due to a traumatic event, you may have PTSD:

[Read more…]

Your Easy Guide to the DBT’s GIVE Skills

by

Not every relationship is worth preserving. For those relationships you want to maintain or improve, The ‘GIVE’ skills from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) help you do just that.

G — (Be) Gentle. One part of being gentle is to avoid being attacking or threatening in your communication. These types of actions are likely to put others on the defensive and to have a destructive effect on the relationship. This skill is important to use especially when the other person doesn’t do something you’d like them to do. It can be tempting to use anger or threats to change their mind, but this will not help you accomplish your goal of maintaining the relationship. Instead, be willing to take “no” for an answer.

[Read more…]

Change Is Inevitable

by

Lots of people have difficulty with change — but it always comes. Change is inevitable. So how can we improve our emotional and mental health to be better at coping with it?

Being Unprepared for Change Is a Problem

Life is full of changes. So why do they throw us for a loop so often?

[Read more…]

Contact Information

Manhattan Center for
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
315 Madison Avenue, Suite #806
New York, NY 10017 (map)
1-646-863-4225
https://www.manhattancbt.com

Copyright © 2023 Manhattan Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy/Psychology, PLLC, d.b.a. the Manhattan Center for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy & Paul B. Greene, Ph.D. except where otherwise noted.

Recent Tweets

Recent Posts