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3. “Just Worrying”
Labelling Technique
As a preamble to discussing this technique with a client it is often
helpful to differentiate worrying from constructive problem solving.
Worrying involves repetitive circular thinking, which is associated
with anxiety and produces no enactable practical outcomes. This
technique simply involves a person labelling worry as “just worrying”
and then bringing their attention back to their breath or to simply
change the subject of their thinking.
Every time a person catches themselves worrying they just label it
again and change the subject. It doesn't matter if a person does it 10
times in one minute or if they only realize they have been worrying
after a period of 2 hours and then apply t