Treatments include cognitive behaviour therapy, which helps people to break the cycle of faulty thinking, and hypnosis.

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The teens are participating in the Adolescent Behavioral Learning Experience (ABLE) programme, which helps them focus on personal responsibility through cognitive behaviour therapy.

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Once she knows how stressed a client is she can take the next step and address it with cognitive behaviour therapy or other techniques.

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