Coaching practices for Suds Tracking Anxiety

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• I’ve had a couple of rough sessions in a row and I’m starting to believe none of this is working
• When I try to calm myself I can’t tell if anything’s actually budging
• Loud rooms, certain textures, bright light have always set me on edge, and I think the sessions might be shifting that
• I’ve got all these little things I do to get through anxious moments
• I sit with the sensation and nothing bad happens, but my brain never seems to draw the conclusion from it

Practices that may help

1. Track SUDs across sessions to see your own progress
   Record distress ratings before and after each session so progress is visible and motivating.
   Counter-Conditioning and Systematic Desensitization
2. Use the SUD scale to track progress honestly
   Rate your distress 0–10 before and after each round to make changes visible and guide when to stop.
   EFT Tapping: What It Is, How to Do It, and What the Evidence Shows
3. Track and communicate sensory sensitivity changes during SSP
   Monitoring sensory reactivity across sessions gives the clinician the data to pace the protocol safely.
   The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP): What It Is and What the Evidence Shows
4. Map your safety-behavior inventory
   List every action you take to prevent feared outcomes in anxiety-provoking situations.
   Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical
5. Follow tracking with explicit safety reassurance
   After a tracking session, offer the brain a direct safety message about what it just observed.
   Somatic Tracking, Made Practical
6. The Worry Log: Capturing and Categorizing Worries
   Write down each worry as it arises, then categorize it as solvable or hypothetical before the worry window.
   Worry Time: Containing Anxiety With Scheduled Worry
7. Run the full 5-4-3-2-1 sequence
   Work through all five senses in order: 5 things seen, 4 heard, 3 touched, 2 smelled, 1 tasted.
   The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique
8. Apply defusion to reassurance-seeking urges
   When you feel the urge to check or seek reassurance, defuse the urge itself, not just the content.
   Defusion from Anxious Thoughts
9. Use somatic tracking instead of distraction
   Observe sensations with neutral curiosity rather than distracting from them — the curiosity interrupts the threat appraisal.
   Panic Surfing
10. Postpone rather than eliminate reassurance-seeking
    When you feel the urge to check or ask, wait 20 minutes first — and usually the urge passes.
    Accepting Uncertainty: The Core Skill in CBT for GAD

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