Learning from Charlie Brown’s mistakes. Will you try to kick the ball or will you ignore Lucy’s promises and finally quit playing her game?
Social Phobia
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Therapist and Client Responsibilities
The primary non-medical treatment for anxiety disorders is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with an emphasis on Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP).
Anxiety’s Secret Rules: Are you following them?
Be warned, Anxiety will say anything it has to say in order to get you away from situations that it thinks are dangerous. Anxiety will try to convince you to follow certain “Rules” in order to be safe, but following those rules is what gives Anxiety its power over you.
The Importance of Therapy “Homework” Assignments for Treating Your Anxiety Disorder
Recovery from an anxiety disorder or OCD involves committing yourself to hard and often uncomfortable work in the short term in order to live a more comfortable future. Typically, this means “homework” and lots of it!
Adaptive Thinking
Your anxiety in specific situations is perfectly understandable if you are aware of the thoughts or beliefs that fuel it.
Anxiety’s Thinking Traps
When your fear is directed at things or situations that are not likely to be dangerous (for example, talking to an attractive person at a party, seeing a mouse, or having a scary thought) the adrenalin onslaught is unnecessary and therefore “Anxiety”.
Life is awkward…oh well!
Life is awkward. It’s ok. It’s normal.
Letting Anxiety Be Your Guide: Using the Rule-of-Opposites to manage your anxiety disorder
When it comes to an anxiety disorder or OCD use the rule of opposites!
Beyond Shyness: The misunderstood sting of social phobia
Social Anxiety Disorder is not the same thing as shyness
The Anxiety Challenge
The purpose of this blog is to provide helpful information for people who are struggling with anxiety and related disorders, their family and friends, and for health care providers.