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Basis for treatment

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The establishment of a therapeutic relationship that grants SAFETY and has an atmosphere of ACCEPTANCE

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techniques in treating anxiety

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  • discussing the symptoms of anxiety; cognitive conceptualization of the symptoms; questioning anxiety-arousing cognitions

Psychoeducation: Explaining that the panic is the result of reactions to stressful situations that can be considered NORMAL

Autogenic training

Breath control - to regulate hyperventilation

Safe place imagination

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What are the components of an anxiety attack

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Events eliciting the symptoms

Automatic thoughts evaluating the event

Emotional reaction

Safety behavior

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Autogenic training

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By Schultz in the 1930s

  1. Relaxing the muscles.
  2. Feeling of warmth in the skin. Relaxing the vascular system.
  3. The exercise of the heart.
  4. The exercise of breathing.
  5. Warming up the abdomen, balancing the gastro-intestinal system.
  6. Exercise of the coolness of the forehead.