Module 6: Reducing Checking and Reassurance Seeking
Overview
This CBT handout from the Centre for Clinical Interventions explains how excessive checking and reassurance-seeking behaviors perpetuate health anxiety by preventing tolerance of uncertainty. It distinguishes between helpful and unhelpful behaviors, outlines the 'Reassurance Cycle,' and provides examples and worksheets to help clients reduce these habits.
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@misc{allodium:ed1d812a01174873,
title = {Module 6: Reducing Checking and Reassurance Seeking},
organization = {Centre for Clinical Interventions},
url = {https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/CCI/Consumer-Modules/Helping-Health-Anxiety/Helping-Health-Anxiety---06---Reducing-Checking-and-Reassurance-Seeking.pdf}
}RIS
TY - GEN TI - Module 6: Reducing Checking and Reassurance Seeking PB - Centre for Clinical Interventions UR - https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/CCI/Consumer-Modules/Helping-Health-Anxiety/Helping-Health-Anxiety---06---Reducing-Checking-and-Reassurance-Seeking.pdf ER -
APA
Module 6: Reducing Checking and Reassurance Seeking. (n.d.). Centre for Clinical Interventions. https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/CCI/Consumer-Modules/Helping-Health-Anxiety/Helping-Health-Anxiety---06---Reducing-Checking-and-Reassurance-Seeking.pdf
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