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Blues Begone

  Computer based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
   Information about the program: for more detailed information visit www.bluesbegone.co.uk
 
 


Blues Begone is a clinically effective treatment for depression and anxiety that is delivered at home on your computer. Blues Begone uses the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approach to structured the treatment. CBT has been shown to be the most effective treatment for depression and anxiety and is recommeded by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence as a treatment of choice for the treatment of depression.

 



It is a fact that people often  have the ability to help themselves out of psychological difficulties given the right support and the right guidance. Blues Begone uses the Active Self Help approach to create relevant highly effective treatment strategies.


Blues Begone  performs an initial personal assessment and, then compiles itself to reflect the unique needs of the individual user, with re-assessment every 5 episodes. Every single Blues Begone program is different, because it is personalized in numerous ways. It then offers between 20 to 40 hours of interactive psychotherapy using the CBT approach. It delivers 30 individual episodes that are designed to be used over approximately 6-8 weeks. This gives a structured experience that builds upon what went before so that as understanding gradually increases, the program goes deeper into the process of symptom reduction and life management in a very thorough way.   Because Blues Begone is used at home it is completely confidential, a facet that is often highly valued by users. Blues Begone is the largest electronic self help resource in the world. Blues Begone includes more than 20 core CBT tasks, over 140 animated talking heads and conversations that illustrate important aspects of the program while also creating unique homework assignments that are designed to provide in-vivo exposure to personally relevant treatment elements. Hundreds of cartoons that reinforce key ideas with cartoon animations to make special points. A comprehensive case series runs throughout the program illustrating the path of personal change and making treatment specific and personal; a process that helps engage the user and maintain their commitment. The clinical outcome data from Blues Begone demonstrate that it is clinically effective in treating both depression and anxiety. Blues Begone is so easy to use that it does not require any special computer experience, nor any ongoing mental health practitioner input. Blues Begone runs as a completely stand alone intervention. There are no known side effects.  

Our website at www.bluesbegone.co.uk has real comments from users suffering depression or anxiety who were interviewed after using Blues Begone (as part of our program development). Blues Begone® requires Windows XP or VISTA operating system, about 650 MB of free hard disk space and sound.

For additional help please visit:

www.drpurves.com This is a website resource that is full of free films and information that will help you to overcome psychological problems. Be sure to sign up for the Wellness Starter Pack and you will also recieve the newsletters packed with information.

www.mood-control.com Mood Control is the most comprehensive and in-depth CBT coaching course that we are aware of...anywhere. If you want access to a whole galaxy of powerful CBT tools and techniques delivered mostly through films then Mood Control maybe for you. The first 2 weeks are free so you have nothing to lose by checkign it out.
 

 
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