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Blog post 11.02.2020

ADAA - My Professional Cradle

Back in 1994, I applied for a poster presentation for the ADAA annual conference based on my observations that there is a certain group of patients whose onset of OCD began after a certain level of trauma/PTSD.

Webinar 10.27.2020

Stop the Worry Cycle

Worry is common.  It becomes problematic when it is excessive, intrusive and constant.  It's hard to turn off worry because it feels like problem solving.  Learn how problem solving becomes a reinforcement loop and how to break that cycle.

 

Blog post 10.22.2020

Exposures: What to Do if Your Clients Say "I Can't Do It"

Have your clients faced those situations where, in getting ready to make values-based exposure exercises, their minds come up with thoughts along the lines of, “It will be too much; I won’t be able to handle it; It will be a disaster; how do I know it’s going to work; Do I really have to do it?”

Blog post 10.21.2020

3 Essential Strategies to Help Manage Election Anxiety

“If we lose, I just don’t know whether the country can survive,” my client said. “Things are getting too crazy.” I heard those words before. From clients of the opposite party. The upcoming election has become every American’s—Republicans and Democrats, therapists and clients— worry number one.

Dr. Lizzie Sauber received her degree from the University of Maryland's Counseling Psychology Program. She completed her internship and fellowship at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, where she now works as a staff psychologist in Trauma Recovery and Services.