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Independent research: our methods are more effective than drugs!

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

A paper released this month* shows the results of an interesting study comparing the methods we use on The Fear Course (CBT/DBT) with a drug based therapy, in this case naltrexone.  It was found that our methods were significantly more effective in helping drug addicted patients develop greater emotional resilience / emotional regulation, increase tolerance to distress and improve social functioning than a course of the drug. Not only that but it reduced the likely hood that the patient would return to drug abuse.

*Azizi, A. Et al (2010). The Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Training and Cognitive Therapy on the Emotional and Addictional Problems of Substance Abusers. IJoP. 2010;2(5) : 60-65

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Emotional Intelligence 4: Manage Emotions

Friday, June 25th, 2010

The fourth factor of emotional intelligence is where emotional resilience and emotional regulation feature. Emotionally intelligent or individuals with a high level of emotional maturity are able to manage their own and other peoples emotional states.
The ability to effectively manage emotions requires the abilities to be able to:

  1. Monitor your own and others emotions on a continual basis,
  2. Differentiate between emotions,
  3. Identify emotions accurately,
  4. Have agency - the belief that you can change feelings or emotional states,
  5. Use strategies to change emotions, both in yourself and others,
  6. Assess the effectiveness of the strategies employed,
  7. Change strategies (if necessary) to effect the desired outcome.

The Fear Course equips people to be able to do all of these particularly in high anxiety / fear situations.

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Emotional Intelligence 2: Emotion Facilitation

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

The second skill set required for emotional intelligence and emotional resilience is the ability to be able to use or facilitate our emotions. Our emotions change the way we think. Conversely how we think can change how we feel.  What this means is that we can use our thinking and our emotions to effect the outcomes we want. This often requires a reasonably high level of skill especially when fear or anxiety are involved. Fear and anxiety based emotions often short circuit and take over our cognitive (thinking) processes. On The Fear Course we show you how to regain control quickly and easily and stop the emotion taking over.

It is an important skill to be able to change (use) both your thinking and emotions to regain control to develop emotional resilience.

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