Coaching practices for Flexible Attention Training
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- Once my mind latches onto a worry I genuinely cannot pry it loose
- I only ever try to wrangle my attention once I’m already spiraling, when it’s far too late to work
- When I try to lock onto one thing, my attention slides off it within seconds and I have to keep dragging it back
- Once my attention locks onto the thing I’m scared of, I genuinely can’t pry it loose
- My attention feels welded to the inside of my own head
Practices that may help
- Rapid attention shifting between sounds
Switch attention between sound sources on cue, making each shift deliberate and immediate.
Attention Training Technique (ATT), Made Practical - 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 - Selective attention to individual sounds
Deliberately focus on one distinct sound source among several and hold attention there.
Attention Training Technique (ATT), Made Practical - Train flexible attention
Practise deliberately moving attention between external cues and internal experience — and back.
Detached Mindfulness, Made Practical - Attention training technique (ATT)
Practice deliberately shifting attention across sounds — a drill that builds attention flexibility and reduces self-focus.
Metacognitive Therapy, Made Practical - 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. - Attention Management, Made Practical
Maura Thomas argues that the limiting constraint on productive knowledge work is not time — everyone has the same 24 hours — but attention: the ability to direct focus intentionally toward chosen work rather than being pulled reactively. Her attention management framework builds practices around controlling attentional choice, reducing reactive digital stimuli, and developing the skill of proactive, intentional focus. This is a practitioner framework aligned with attention and self-regulation research rather than a formally studied protocol. - 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 - Expanding to panoramic awareness
Deliberately widen attention from its usual narrow focal point to include the full field of sensory experience simultaneously.
Open Monitoring Meditation, Made Practical - Develop introspective metacognition
Train the ability to notice, in real time, when attention has wandered — before you’ve been distracted for a long time.
Shamatha: The Buddhist Practice of Calm Abiding
Related concerns
- Flexible Attention Act
Switch attention between sound sources on cue, making each shift deliberate and immediate.
Rapid attention shifting between sounds
- Focused Attention Practice
Practice deliberately shifting attention across sounds — a drill that builds attention flexibility and reduces self-focus.
Attention training technique (ATT)
- Attention Switching Exercise
Deliberately focus on one distinct sound source among several and hold attention there.
Selective attention to individual sounds
- Attention Training
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.
- Attention Training Routine
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.
- Attention Training Technique Att At Work
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.
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