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Pia Callesen is a Danish psychologist, PhD, and director of CEKTOS, a center for metacognitive therapy. She specializes in treating depression and anxiety and is one of Denmark’s leading communicators of metacognitive therapy.
Known for: Live More Think Less: Overcoming Depression and Sadness with Metacognitive Therapy
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Live More Think Less: Overcoming Depression and Sadness with Metacognitive Therapy
This book introduces metacognitive therapy as a method for managing worry and rumination. Pia Callesen explains how to think less and live more by changing attention and stopping unhelpful thought processes. It offers practical advice to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression through simple mental strategies.
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Understanding the Metacognitive Shift
At the heart of metacognitive therapy lies a simple but revolutionary question: what if depression is not caused by negative thoughts themselves, but by the way we respond to them? Traditional therapies, like cognitive-behavioral approaches, often focus on the content of thinking—they encourage us t...
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How Thinking Keeps Depression Alive
Many people imagine that depression stems from external life events—loss, stress, or misfortune—and that it dissipates once circumstances improve. Yet countless clients told me, “I have no reason to feel this bad now, but I can’t stop thinking.” They had resolved the external issue, but their minds ...
From Live More Think Less: Overcoming Depression and Sadness with Metacognitive Therapy
About Pia Callesen
Pia Callesen is a Danish psychologist, PhD, and director of CEKTOS, a center for metacognitive therapy. She specializes in treating depression and anxiety and is one of Denmark’s leading communicators of metacognitive therapy.
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