Tag: SMART goals
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What Maintains Low Mood? Perpetuating Factors Of Depression
In life, feeling sad from time to time is a totally normal experience. When we experience loss, we feel sad and grieve – whether it’s a loss of a loved one, a relationship, or an opportunity (like not getting a job that you wanted). However, when sadness turns into prolonged episodes of depression, that is…
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Treatment Goals For Depression For Patients Starting Therapy
Introduction Depression is a very common psychological problem that many people endure at some point in their lives. The symptoms of depression can be very distressing and impact important areas of our lives. For example, work, school, family, social connections, and our interests and hobbies. Symptoms of depression include: Importantly, depression is different from normal…
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How to Be Your Own Therapist and Increase Motivation to Change
Working through ambivalence It is normal for people to have ambivalence about whether this is the right time to make a commitment to change something in their lives. Even in therapy, people come at different stages of change – from precontemplation (“I see no problems with what I’m doing”) to preparation (“I’m already thinking about…
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SMART Goals For Social Anxiety
What is Social Anxiety? Social anxiety at its core is a fear of negatively evaluation. People with social anxiety are worried that they will do something to embarrass themselves and other people will judge them: “they are stupid”, “they are so boring”, “I can’t believe they did that” are a few worries that people with…
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5 Common Pitfalls In SMART Goal Setting And How To Avoid Them
SMART goal setting is a practical way to support mental health because it makes the abstract into the concrete. Example: being happy is abstract. Spending more time with friends is concrete. Therefore, SMART goals help us to operationalize what ‘happy’ means, which can be different from person to person. We can then plan actions and…
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Simple SMART Goals To Improve Your Mental Health Today
When we think about changing our lives, completing large projects, or improving our mental health, we can often feel crushed by the mountain of work that seem to be needed to get to the finish line. We then feel overwhelmed by this daunting beast and decide to retreat to something that reduces our distress but…
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Examples Of SMART Goals For Sleep
Sleep is arguably one of the most important parts of our life. When we sleep well, we feel much happier and more effective in our day-to-day life. Work comes easier, conversations flow smoother, and things are just a bit brighter. It comes as no surprise then that improved sleep is a goal for many people.…
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Why SMART Goals Are Important For Mental Health
SMART Goals refer to goals that are: Calling your parents at least once a week would be an example of a SMART goal. But why are SMART goals so important for mental health and moving towards our psychological goals? For example, why not just go through general therapy and just say you want to become…
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When Do SMART Goals NOT Work (Strategies To Fix It)
SMART Goals are a fantastic strategy that is commonly used in many different professions to develop specific and actionable steps to moving towards a goal. This is also true in a therapy environment, where therapists will set SMART goals with patients to support their desire to improve their mental health. SMART Goals represent goals…
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Helpful Examples Of SMART Goals For Anxiety
Anxiety, in its intended form, is often helpful. It helps us to stay safe and prepare in the face of danger. We certainly wouldn’t want to be taking a laissez-faire attitude if a car was racing at us at 100 miles an hour. At appropriate levels, anxiety is very beneficial. However, when our danger signals…
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