Practices

Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.

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Obsessions and compulsions A practitioner Involves someone else Clear all

How long you have

A minute 1 Five minutes 1 Longer 1

Who it is written for · A practitioner

A practitioner 3 Someone I care about 2 Me 1

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 2 Struggling right now 1

On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else

On my own 13 Involves someone else 3 Both of us together 2

Theme · Obsessions and compulsions

Medication and how it works 61 Systems for daily life 37 The cost of avoiding 35 Screens and attention 26 Moving your body 21 Treatment and medication 19 Exercise, food and other supports 15 What ADHD actually is 13 What anger actually is 12 Feelings and focus 11 Breaking the worry loop 11 Your nervous system 10 Structure and routine 10 What worry does 10 Food, caffeine and fuel 10 Facing it a step at a time 10 Getting assessed and diagnosed 10 Your sense of time 10 The moment before you snap 9 Grounding and settling 9 Bringing the future closer 8 Get started 7 Breathing 7 Choosing your response 7 Cool the body first 7 Emotions as signals 7 Growing empathy 7 Equanimity and perspective 7 When everything feels flat 7 Treatment and medication 7 Reading, numbers and learning differences 6 Posture and how you carry yourself 5 Shame and stigma 5 When you use something to cope 5 Tolerate distress 4 Touch and bodywork 4 Remembering to do it 4 Being seen and judged 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Practising under provocation 3 Panic and the body 3 Obsessions and compulsions 3 Making it stick 3 Rest and pacing 2 The fear underneath anger 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Shame 2 Living with uncertainty 1 When you go numb 1

When

Any ordinary day 2 In a change 1

When the words for feelings are not there, ask for a number instead. How much did the handwashing take over this week, one to ten, is a question someone can answer on a bad day.

A number asks far less of a person than a description, which matters when putting feelings into language is hard for them, and you still end up with…

A minuteObsessions and compulsionsCBTQur’an 2:286

Offer choices rather than instructions. With a problem that runs on control, being told what to do gives that control somewhere to dig in.

Two or three real options, the trade-offs said plainly, and then the pick is genuinely theirs. That holds for the big decisions too, like moving to a…

Five minutesObsessions and compulsionsCBTQur’an 22:78

If every step you try keeps not working, however small you make it, that is information rather than failure. A more intensive programme is the next thing to look at, and it should be put to you as an option.

The whole point of shrinking the steps is to find one that moves. When nothing moves at any size, staying in the same weekly arrangement out of…

LongerObsessions and compulsionsCBTQur’an 2:45

Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.