Breaking the Power of Anxiety - 4 Session Group Therapy (CBT/Biblically based)

Breaking the Power of Anxiety is a 4-week group workshop on Zoom with group process meant to help people struggling with anxiety. Each session will consist of approximately 45 minutes of lecture and education about anxiety:  its symptoms, its causes and how to overcome it.  The lectures are Biblically based and bring in current psychological information and research based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.  After the lecture, there will be about 1 hour for participants to process the information in a small group setting.  Questions will be presented to engage participants with information and techniques of the lecture.  The purpose here is for participants to gain self-awareness of how anxiety strikes them and its roots, along with skills for self-regulating and self-soothing when they are beginning to feel anxious.  

    The group process follows the rule - Invite, not inflict - meaning you are always invited to participate with questions, but never required to or forced to participate.  There will be "homework" for the participants to pay attention to their own thought patterns and emotional reactions during the week so that they can learn to regulate their physiological responses that lead to fight and flight reactions which can lead to generalized anxiety or panic attacks.

Dates:  Tuesdays:  November 29, December 6, 13, 20
Time 7-9 pm (Philippines time)
Cost: P1000 covers all 4 sessions

to register, email rickandjijiharner@yahoo.com for details & zoom link

If money is the reason for not attending this workshop.  There are scholarships available.  

Please email josefalaprodes@yahoo.com to find out more about scholarships

Dr. Jiji Harner, who specializes in mood disorder will be lecturing and overseeing the seminar.  Small group process will be run by facilitators trained by Dr. Jiji

Breaking the Power of Anxiety - 4 Session Group Therapy (CBT/Biblically based)

    Breaking the Power of Anxiety is a 4-week group workshop on Zoom with group process meant to help people struggling with anxiety. Each session will consist of approximately 45 minutes of lecture and education about anxiety:  its symptoms, its causes and how to overcome it.  The lectures are Biblically based and bring in current psychological information and research based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.  After the lecture, there will be about 1 hour for participants to process the information in a small group setting.  Questions will be presented to engage participants with information and techniques of the lecture.  The purpose here is for participants to gain self-awareness of how anxiety strikes them and its roots, along with skills for self-regulating and self-soothing when they are beginning to feel anxious.  

    The group process follows the rule - Invite, not inflict - meaning you are always invited to participate with questions, but never required to or forced to participate.  There will be "homework" for the participants to pay attention to their own thought patterns and emotional reactions during the week so that they can learn to regulate their physiological responses that lead to fight and flight reactions which can lead to generalized anxiety or panic attacks.

Dates:  Mondays:  December 7, 14, 21 & January 4
Time 7-9 pm (Philippines time)
Cost: P1000 covers all 4 sessions

to register, email rickandjijiharner@yahoo.com for details & zoom link

If money is the reason for not attending this workshop.  There are scholarships available.  

Please email josefalaprodes@yahoo.com to find out more about scholarships

Dr. Jiji Harner, who specializes in mood disorder will be lecturing and overseeing the seminar.  Small group process will be run by facilitators trained by Dr. Jiji

What is a Nervous Breakdown?

A caring wife was in a panic after the consecutive hospitalizations of her husband for tuberculosis. The husband has been experiencing a large number of stressful events. He failed his bar exam. His debt is such that his house may be taken over by the bank. He found out that his son has been addicted to cocaine. And his wife just got fired from her job. Four months ago, his father passed away. Now he is experiencing difficulty concentrating, has become very suspicious and worries a lot. He is also very irritable and jittery and has been experiencing irritable bowel syndrome. And he is having a hard time sleeping. He has been stressed out. She asked if her husband is having a nervous breakdown.

To answer her question, I would look at his life using the five aspects of his life: physical, social, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Physically he is overwhelmed with his schedule and he does have time to relax. Socially, he does not have other friends with whom he can talk to and be real about how he feels. He can act as if he is ok. He appears strong and invincible, but when he is alone he is plagued with worries, distrust and suspicions. Emotionally he is drained; he can’t talk to his wife without winding up in an argument. Mentally his work is so demanding and he has difficulty concentrating on his job. His immune system is very weak. His body is breaking down. Only the spiritual aspect of his person is sustaining him.

Is her husband having a nervous breakdown?

Her husband is experiencing high stress, which causes anxiety. People who experience a large number of stressful events are particularly vulnerable to the onset of anxiety disorders. Increases in stress have been linked to the onset of depression and other mood disorders, panic attacks, schizophrenia, sexual dysfunction, and other psychological problems. In very severe cases it can lead to a nervous breakdown, but not usually.

For professionals a nervous breakdown is called a psychotic decompensation -a state in which the client is out of touch with reality and shows symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations.