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Using Exposure and Response Prevention in the Treatment of Fear of Failure
So, you’re a failure. Fine. Get on with your life! In my work as a psychologist treating anxiety disorders, I’ve learned that often an underlying driving fear in my patients is the worry that they are failures.
Clinical Kung Fu: Managing Anger in Children and Teens with Anxiety Disorders
Kids and teens often react with anger to the prospect of facing their fears.
Psychotropic Medications: What You Should Ask Your Doctor
Updated October 2020
How To Know If Your Therapist is Really Helping You
Many people wonder if their therapy is really helping them overcome their problem. Why? They often have therapists who tell them that they are doing well, but their therapist does not make clear to them what they mean by making progress.
Focal Brain Stimulation Interventions for Depression and Anxiety
Focal brain stimulation techniques are potentially powerful tools for the investigation and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. These approaches include transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), and deep brain stimulation among others.
Hate Their Politics? Love Them Anyway
We are in the home stretch of a prolonged, caustic, and shocking presidential campaign season.
African Americans With Anxiety: How to Overcome Unique Obstacles
More than 40 million adults in the United States suffer from some form of anxiety.
3 Things Your College Kid Must Know About Mental Health
College is typically a challenging experience with some expected highs and lows. For some it is also the time during which common mental health problems start. Because of this, you have to talk to your kid about mental health before school starts.
A Guide for the Anxious Traveler
“Oh, the places you’ll go!” exclaimed Dr. Seuss, as he he hoped to inspire children to live a vigorous life of travel, exploration, and discovery. But for people with severe anxiety, travel could be considered the ultimate discomfort zone.
Four Things to Not Say to a Person With Trichotillomania
I recently discovered that two friends of mine suffer from trichotillomania, or compulsive hairpulling. It came as a surprise to me, and even as a clinical psychologist, it was difficult to detect because neither one of them pulls out their hair in an obvious manner.
How to Handle Regret
Reviewed October 2020