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Webinar 05.17.2022

Put the Fun Back in Panic Treatment: Paradox, Defusion, and Acceptance

Professional Webinar Recorded at the Annual Conference - This workshop uses discussion and audience practice to develop its core premise: the key to successful treatment of panic disorder is to help people recognize, and disarm, their persistent efforts to oppose and control it, and the use of humor and paradox can greatly facilitate that work.
Blog post 05.13.2022

Overcoming Agoraphobia - Q&A

A Q&A with ADAA Member Karen Cassiday, PhD, ACT answering community questions on overcoming agoraphobia.
Personal Story 04.20.2022

How I Achieved My Cure of Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia

I have chosen to focus on my healing, and to say only a few words about my long period of suffering. Chances are, you already know – firsthand or secondhand – more than you'd care  to know about the suffering! My own suffering had its unique form, but essentially, it was no different from what you probably already know.

Webinar 02.03.2022

Needle Anxiety and How You Can Manage It

Many experience distress about needles. This can interfere with our healthcare, or make the experience very distressing. This webinar offers a simple breathing skill that can help and is based on many years of research. 

Personal Story 12.09.2021

Realizing My Power

I want to start off by saying I never knew or really understood anxiety. I have always been someone who worries, stresses, and constantly wondered "what If." It became normal and a constant in my life.
Personal Story 10.18.2021

Changing the Future of Mental Health and Athletics

A panic attack derailed baseball player China McCarney's plans for competition. Years later, he's learned how to cope with his anxiety and is inspiring athletes around the world to do the same.
Personal Story 06.16.2021

Transformation

When my first panic attack happened, I thought I was having a heart attack.  I went to the ER. The doctor said my heart was fine.  I was 40-years old and healthy.  I had never heard the term panic attack.  So, I set out to learn more.  
Personal Story 05.27.2021

Greatest Day of My Life

Early in 2020 I experienced my first panic attack at the age of 34. I had entered into psychotherapy a few months earlier and things seemed to be getting better.
Personal Story 05.20.2021

Whose Brain Is this Anyway?

Ashley's story..."My life experience with anxiety and OCD has gifted me with so much empathy for other people. I know that many people walk around with invisible wounds and demons. The people who we think have it all together fight their own battles behind closed doors..."