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So You've Decided to Start Therapy for Your Anxiety…Here's How to Make It Work
If you have made the wise decision that it is time to get help, first of all: good for you. Treatment for anxiety disorders requires a significant investment of time, energy, and effort.
Watch, Ask and Listen: How to Tell if Your Child or Teen is Anxious or Depressed
Families often ask themselves what to look for to know if their child or teen is struggling with anxiety, depression or OCD. And other families are often beating themselves up for not noticing or missing what their children are experiencing.
ADAA Member Experts Debunk Common Anxiety Myths #MythBusters
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Drs. Debra Kissen and Kevin Chapman hosted a Twitter chat under the title #MythBusters where they debunked common myths surrounding anxiety and provided the actual corresponding facts.
Separation Anxiety - What Parents Should Know
Separation anxiety is something that most parents know about. Many parents will fondly recall the days when their infant could be held by anyone and then recount that there was a time with their child when this changed.
“Just Checking” on the Ones We Love
Text me when your plane lands.
Text me to let me know you got home safely.
Where are you?
How are you?
Hey did you get my last text? (sent 2 minutes ago!)
Help! I Keep Trying to Move Up the Corporate Ladder and My Social Anxiety is Holding me Back!
People with Social Anxiety (SA) have an intense fear of being judged negatively, being criticized, or being embarrassed in public. These fears can have a profound negative affect on professional advancement.
ADAA Members Share Their Knowledge on Social Anxiety
On October 11, 2018, ADAA held a Twitter chat under the title #SocialAnxietyADAA. ADAA members Debra Kissen and Holly Scott answered questions on the signs and symptoms of social anxiety as well as coping tips and strategies.
When Reassurance is Hurting Your Child More Than Helping
“Do you promise you’ll pick me up later?”
“Are you sure I’m not sick?”
“Do you promise it will be OK?”
Problematic Internet Use and Its Impact on Anxiety, Depression and Addictions: Patient-Centered Approaches and Digital Applications and Interventions
In this blog post we will provide a description of Problematic Internet Use, describe screening measures existing in the field and key unanswered questions, provide clinical patients examples, introduce COST project, suggest a design of an upcoming
University of Fear and Anxiety: How to Pass your Freshman Year of College
It was not until my son returned from his freshman year at Emory University did he reveal what happened on our flight to Atlanta.
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.
