The Great Anxiety Debate is the conversations you have in your head with Anxiety. You try to convince Anxiety that something is safe and Anxiety tries to convince you that you are catastrophically wrong.
ERP
Keeping Track of Your Anxiety Treatment Progress
Given a good exposure plan and consistency, you can make progress towards your anxiety goals!
The Fear Hierarchy
Learn to break your fear into small, manageable steps!
I’ll do it when I feel like it
When facing a fear is really just another avoidance of fear.
Facing your fears: Taking the plunge!
Ultimately, you have to take action if you want to get better. Are you up to the challenge?
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
People who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) suffer from recurrent thoughts that cause a significant amount of distress…
Anxiety’s Seductive Side
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?
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!