Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Anxiety and Depression Association of America, ADAA

March 6, 2024

Your College Mental Health Packing List: A Free Live Q&A in Partnership with Lumate Health

Sarah Olivo, PhD and

Michael Detweiler, PhD and

Join ADAA and Lumate Health March 6 for an insightful free, live Q&A public webinar for students and parents. It can be exciting to get a college packing list. And yes, picking out dorm decorations is fun, but those new Twin XL sheets aren't going to help manage the highs and lows that come with the transition to college.

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Using the Five Senses

by Lauren Marcinek

January 29, 2024

Anxiety can come on randomly at any time—it’s normal! I’ve learned that grounding is the best way to bring yourself back down from an attack. Here is one technique I’ve learned which uses the five senses.

February 29, 2024

Helping Your Child Face Their Fears and Worries Q&A

Rachel Busman, PsyD and

Lynne Siqueland, PhD and

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Fear of Vomiting Emetophobia Ken Goodman

March 5, 2024

How to Free Yourself from the Fear of Vomit and Reclaim Your Life

Ken Goodman, LCSW and

The fear of vomit can be all-consuming and take over one’s entire life. As worries and symptoms spin out of control, the world of an emetophobe shrinks. With limited resources, emetophobia sufferers have few places to turn for help. Join Ken Goodman, LCSW, author of The Emetophobia Manual, for a Q&A. Ken was joined by an emetophobia sufferer who participated in Ken’s ten-week emetophobia workshop.

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I Didn't Shower for Weeks

by Kellene Diana

January 11, 2024

Anxiety and depression took over and consumed every aspect of life, I didn’t shower for weeks because I was so pre-occupied with fear and panic!

Crawling Through Fear

by Jimmy Lamanna

January 9, 2024

At the young age of 7 years old, I was diagnosed with agoraphobia. At the time, I didn't understand such a big word. Nobody does when you are that young. As I grew older, things only felt like they were getting worse.

How to Process Inconceivable World Events While Living Daily Life

Friday, January 5, 2024 - 09:35

How can we process inconceivable events and go about living our day to day lives? As a trauma and anxiety therapist, I am here to tell you that while it is extremely difficult, it is possible. Here are some suggestions for how to cope during these difficult times.

A Holiday Emotional Guide in Rhyme

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 - 17:04

‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through my head Emotions were stirring, many that I dread

5 Tips for Using Interoceptive Exposure to Face Your Fears

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 - 05:36

Fear is one of the six basic human emotions, with a clear evolutionary purpose: to help us respond to danger and survive. In Exposure Therapy, providers create a safe environment to intentionally “expose” their clients to objects, activities, or situations they fear.

Parenting During the Holiday Season: 3 Tips from 3 Psychologists for Tackling Holiday Stress

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 04:56

In conjunction with the recent webinar "Holiday Parenting Q&A: Coping with Stress and Anxiety", psychologists Colleen Cummings, PhD, Susan Wilson, PhD, and Nina Shiffrin Starin, PhD, provide their top 3 tips for parents to help cope with stress and anxiety during the holidays.

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