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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.
Mind The Gap: Four Things Researchers and Clinicians Can Do to Bridge the Gap Between Science and Practice
On average, it takes 17 years for an evidence-based treatment to reach the community, and because of stigma, it may take an additional 10 years before a person suffering from mental illness actually receives treatment.
Social Anxiety: Imperfect is the New Perfect
Reviewed October 2020
The biggest fear of individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is that of being found to be deficient and judged for the deficiency.
Watch Your Words: Why Mental Health Awareness Should be Year Round
Since 1949, May has been known as Mental Health Awareness Month. Each year, when May is over, I wonder why we’re not encouraged to be aware of our mental health all year, every year, just as we are for our so-called physical health.
Mental Health Skills for the Next Generation
General guidelines for youth mental health: Teach them compassion and gratitude
Psychotherapy is Hard Work...Why Bother?
In my first meeting with new patients who struggle with OCD and anxiety, I explain that the type of psychotherapy I practice, Exposure and Response Prevention, involves encouraging them to feel uncomfortable.
What is Depression and How Do I Know If I Have It?
Reviewed October 2020
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.
Social Anxiety SIG
Promoting collaboration, case consultation, clinical work, and networking around evidence-based treatment of social anxiety disorder.