Coaching practices for Attention Training Sounds

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  • When I try to lock onto one thing, my attention slides off it within seconds and I have to keep dragging it back
  • My attention feels welded to the inside of my own head
  • Once my mind latches onto a worry I genuinely cannot pry it loose
  • When I look at an example, my eye gets grabbed by the obvious surface stuff
  • All day my attention goes straight to what went wrong

Practices that may help

  1. Selective attention to individual sounds
    Deliberately focus on one distinct sound source among several and hold attention there.
    Attention Training Technique (ATT), Made Practical
  2. Attention Training Technique (ATT), Made Practical
    The Attention Training Technique (ATT), developed by Adrian Wells, is a structured auditory exercise that rebuilds voluntary control over where attention goes — directly countering the self-focused, threat-locked attention that sustains anxiety and health anxiety. Randomised trials support its effectiveness as a standalone and as part of Metacognitive Therapy.
  3. Attention training technique (ATT)
    Practice deliberately shifting attention across sounds — a drill that builds attention flexibility and reduces self-focus.
    Metacognitive Therapy, Made Practical
  4. Rapid attention shifting between sounds
    Switch attention between sound sources on cue, making each shift deliberate and immediate.
    Attention Training Technique (ATT), Made Practical
  5. Attentional cueing for critical features
    Direct attention explicitly to the features that define a category during early learning.
    Perceptual Learning: Training Your Eye Before Your Mind
  6. The Formula First-Session Task and Between-Session Noticing
    Assign between-session observation tasks that direct attention toward what’s already working.
    Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Building On What Works
  7. Redirect from self-focus to external attention
    When anxiety spikes, deliberately anchor attention to a specific external sound or object.
    Attention Training Technique (ATT), Made Practical
  8. Divided attention — hold multiple sources at once
    Expand awareness to hold three or more sounds simultaneously without collapsing back to one.
    Attention Training Technique (ATT), Made Practical
  9. Daily 12-minute ATT practice
    Run the full three-phase ATT session every day as a skill, not a relaxation ritual.
    Attention Training Technique (ATT), Made Practical
  10. Use instructional self-talk for precision skill tasks
    Use short technical cues that direct attention to the key movement parameter rather than the outcome.
    Self-Talk Strategies, Made Practical

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