Phobias | Anxiety and Depression Association of America, ADAA

5 Tips for Using Interoceptive Exposure to Face Your Fears

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 - 05:36

Fear is one of the six basic human emotions, with a clear evolutionary purpose: to help us respond to danger and survive. In Exposure Therapy, providers create a safe environment to intentionally “expose” their clients to objects, activities, or situations they fear.

How Do I Love Myself When I’m at War with My Mind?

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 - 09:08

My question to my fellow therapists who treat women with OCD is this: “How can we teach women to whole heartedly love themselves, when a mind that creates negative, intrusive, and terrifying thoughts is such a large part of us?”

How I Learned to Stop Avoiding Life

Tuesday, May 10, 2022 - 15:18

This blog was originally posted on Ten Percent Happier on April 22, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission

Is Your Child Scared By Halloween? A Cognitive Behavioral Therapist Offers Help

Elizabeth DuPont Spencer LCSW-C

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 - 11:39

It’s almost Halloween! My favorite holiday of the year – why? Because it’s not possible to be perfect on Halloween, and I embrace the imperfect. Other holidays have a perfect image we measure our own celebration by, but not Halloween! On this one day, the gory and the grimy rule.