What are Safety Behaviours?

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This CBT handout defines safety behaviors as subtle avoidance tactics used to manage anxiety, emphasizing that the intent behind an action determines its classification rather than the action itself. It explains how these behaviors maintain long-term anxiety by preventing fear testing, creating self-fulfilling prophecies, and increasing self-focused attention. The resource is designed for clients to help identify their own safety behaviors and understand why discontinuing them is necessary for progress.

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@misc{allodium:444b5a1771414bf5,
  title = {What are Safety Behaviours?},
  organization = {Centre for Clinical Interventions},
  url = {https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/CCI/Mental-Health-Professionals/Anxiety/Anxiety---Information-Sheets/Anxiety-Information-Sheet---07-What-are-Safety-Behaviours.pdf}
}

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What are Safety Behaviours?. (n.d.). Centre for Clinical Interventions. https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/CCI/Mental-Health-Professionals/Anxiety/Anxiety---Information-Sheets/Anxiety-Information-Sheet---07-What-are-Safety-Behaviours.pdf

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