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Basten and Associates, Clinical Psychologists

Phone: 02 98911766

Address: 301 / 151 Hawkesbury Rd 2145

Website: http://www.bastenpsychology.com.au

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22.01.2022 DSM debates. Some of you would have heard in recent press reports about the international diagnostic system used in psychological and psychiatric practice. What is there to debate? And how much does it all matter? Here are a few points to explain The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is a book written by committees of mental health professionals. It is not very international because it is published by the American Psychiatric Association, although they do invite profess...ionals from around the world to contribute (like Prof Richard Bryant, UNSW, world expert on PTSD). They are now up to Version 5 published May 2013. Each new edition has some changes to the way disorders are diagnosed. This edition has a few minor changes to the exact definitions of some disorders. But it is the more significant changes to the way certain disorders are conceptualised that is attracting the most heated debate. In particular, emphasis is placed on biology and genetics. The last 10 years has seen burgeoning research into the neurobiology underlying most psychological disorders. This not only guides biological treatments, like medication, but it also helps the professional community to work out which disorders are alike and different. Detractors argue that many regular emotional experiences are being turned into disorders, like bereavement or 'adjustment disorder'. We must recall that this is just a bi-product of the American health system, in which all people must have health cover to receive treatment and the insurers won't cover treatment unless you have been given a diagnosis with a name and a code. So, we can say that DSM is both a medical diagnostic text and a social text.

22.01.2022 Online therapy can seem daunting. Here are some tips for getting the most out of your online therapy sessions from Chris Basten, the principal and supervising clinical psychologist at Basten & Associates.

21.01.2022 Living in isolation is a unique stressor and there are lots of coping tips online. But do the recommended strategies have credibility of psychological science behind them? The top eight coping strategies are reviewed and rated here, by a clinical psychologist.

15.01.2022 Interested in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)? Visit our blog! https://artofcbt.com/ The blog is dedicated to providing a regular feed of helpful tips, free resources, and literature updates for practitioners and students that are interested in or are currently practicing CBT.

14.01.2022 The recent changes to our lives have impacted us all, including our children. Here are some tips for talking about COVID-19 with your child from Dr Diana Chan, clinical psychologist at Basten Psychology

13.01.2022 We've put together a blog series looking at some of the common problems faced during the use of behavioural experiments. Take a look at the series (along with an ongoing update of other CBT-related tips and tricks) on our blog!

10.01.2022 It's here! Chris Basten has now released his long-awaited "The Art of CBT" Book. Available via the AAP website (https://www.australianacademicpress.com.au//The_Art_of_CBT) or via the book depository website (https://www.bookdepository.com/Art-CBT-Chris-B/978192564430)

10.01.2022 Cool fact: The unconscious It is not just Freud; plenty of modern psychologists accept that a lot more then we ever realise goes on in our unconscious mind out of our own awareness. What we decide to wear in the morning, bigger choices we make in life, how we modulate our speech with certain people, the anxieties and sensitivities that we harbour they are all driven by the sub-conscious mental processes. But dont be scared your brain is really very good at looking after you and can make loads of decisions without you realising.

09.01.2022 Teaching cognitive therapy skills is hard work! One of the common issues faced by our clients is learning which cognitions are appropriate to evaluate and challenge. Check out our new blog post where we focus on teaching clients how to identify the right cognition to challenge.

09.01.2022 I have had recent reason to think and write about behavioural experiments and this post provides some ideas on 2 common roadblocks. Behavioural experiments are among the most powerful tools we have and yet they get used not often enough. More to come later this year when 'The Art of CBT' gets published. Trouble-Shooting with Behavioural experiments...Continue reading

08.01.2022 Our new blog has now gone live! We would love you to share it with your networks. Visit the blog using this link --> www.artofCBT.com The blog is dedicated to providing a regular feed of helpful tips, resources, and literature updates for practitioners and students that are interested in, or regularly use, CBT in their practice. The blog is by no means restricted to individuals studying or working within the field of psychology. Instead, it is created with the aim of helping all healthcare professionals to access high quality information and resources that relate to CBT.

05.01.2022 Cool fact: History Psychology was not even a word until about 120 years ago. Psyche is the Greek for mind. Around the 1890s (when Australia was preparing for Federation) a few European physicians trained in neurology were starting to try to understand emotional afflictions and treat them. They explored what the mind was and what can go wrong with it. Pierre Janet in France and Sigmund Freud in Austria (later in England) were among this early group. In the meanwhile, a few philosophers were becoming preoccupied with what it meant by concepts such as the mind, a self, memory, and consciousness. The most important and influential was the American William James, who is now regarded as the first psychologist.

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