In today’s episode of Therapy Thursday, Chelsea once again continues her series about Dental Anxiety and Phobia by looking at even more coping strategies, specifically the category of cognitive strategies.
Episode Highlights:
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- The narrative patients create around dental work and some ideas to help change it
- The ‘distraction’ strategy
Quotes:
“What happened to this person to cause them to use these strategies as a way to protect themselves in the past?”
“This is not something that you should be trying to do all these things for every single patient in every appointment.”
“There’s going to be these points of discomfort usually within dental appointments.”
“We’re clinicians, but we’re not robots.”
“Shame and embarrassment is deeply woven into how phobias and anxieties present themselves.”
“You will find that some patients will not like this idea at all…I have several clients who actually the idea of being totally distracted and out of control and not super-present is really scary for them because they are sexual assault victims.”
“You can find what you’re good at, what you do naturally, and just amplify that when you’re working for a dentally anxious patient.”
Links:
More Therapy Thursday Episodes: https://ataleoftwohygienists.com/therapythursday/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:
http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429
