Module 4: Reducing Your Focus on Health Symptoms and Worries
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This CBT handout from the Centre for Clinical Interventions outlines strategies for reducing health anxiety by decreasing focus on bodily symptoms and worries. It explains how attention to sensations can amplify anxiety and introduces techniques such as attention training, mundane task focusing, and postponing health concerns. The resource is designed for clients seeking to break the cycle of health-related preoccupation.
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@misc{allodium:049c8edbc36d4ef3,
title = {Module 4: Reducing Your Focus on Health Symptoms and Worries},
organization = {Centre for Clinical Interventions},
url = {https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/CCI/Consumer-Modules/Helping-Health-Anxiety/Helping-Health-Anxiety---04---Reducing-Your-Focus-on-Health-Symptoms-and-Worries.pdf}
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TY - GEN TI - Module 4: Reducing Your Focus on Health Symptoms and Worries PB - Centre for Clinical Interventions UR - https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/CCI/Consumer-Modules/Helping-Health-Anxiety/Helping-Health-Anxiety---04---Reducing-Your-Focus-on-Health-Symptoms-and-Worries.pdf ER -
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Module 4: Reducing Your Focus on Health Symptoms and Worries. (n.d.). Centre for Clinical Interventions. https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/CCI/Consumer-Modules/Helping-Health-Anxiety/Helping-Health-Anxiety---04---Reducing-Your-Focus-on-Health-Symptoms-and-Worries.pdf
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