Re: Somatization and Health Anxiety
Originally Posted by
worriermama
Hi Leah, I agree it's comforting.
I'm really starting to think that addressing the mind-body aspect of HA is really critical for a lot of us. I know that for me personally, CBT just doesn't cut it. I have done my due diligence with restructuring thoughts and avoiding reassurance-seeking, doing exposures, etc. but the improvements never last
I have just spent 12 weeks in a partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient therapyprogram that addressed not only CBT, but DBT, Yoga, Stress/Anger Management, positive assertiveness, relationships, psychoanalysis and we covered the full spectrum of therapies as well as medications and I am very grateful for the time I was able to spend. I gained tools I wouldn't have found elsewhere.
I truly believe that a multi tiered approach is the only way to address what are essentially our core beliefs. I wont say I am cured, but the resources that I have to draw on now make my life happier and easier to manage, if your afforded the opportunity... I recommend it.
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