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Hypervigilance After a Toxic Relationship: What CBT Can Do

June 12, 2026 Calm Anxiety Staff

You left. You did the hard thing. And yet — you still flinch when your phone buzzes. You still scan your partner’s face for signs that something is wrong. You still rehearse conversations before they […]

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Getting Started with CBT Therapy

June 8, 2026 Calm Anxiety Staff

By Grace Heaney, LPC, CCATP | Calm Anxiety CBT Therapy Clinic, Chicago When people call our Chicago counseling office, one of the first things many of them ask is: “Do you do CBT?” Cognitive Behavioral […]

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What Are Intrusive Thoughts? A CBT Therapist Explains

June 8, 2026 Calm Anxiety Staff

A thought flashes through your mind while you’re crossing a bridge: What if I jumped? You’re holding a kitchen knife and a dark image appears. You’re sitting in a meeting and suddenly wonder if you […]

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15 Common Types of Cognitive Distortions

June 6, 2026 Calm Anxiety Staff

Your mind is telling you something is wrong. But is it right? Cognitive distortions are patterns of thinking that feel completely true in the moment — and yet consistently lead us toward anxiety, self-doubt, and […]

I Can’t Stop Replaying Conversations in My Head

June 3, 2026 Calm Anxiety Staff

Replaying Conversations? Have you ever found yourself lying awake at night, replaying a conversation from earlier in the day over and over? Maybe it was something you said at work, a text exchange with a […]

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The 5 Stages of Work Burnout — And What CBT Does at Each One

June 1, 2026 Calm Anxiety Staff

You already know something is wrong. Maybe it’s the Sunday dread that arrives earlier every week. Maybe it’s the fact that the work you used to love now feels like a sentence. Maybe you’re functional […]