Separation Anxiety Disorder & Social Anxiety
Georgia is a 10 year old only child who lives with her parents. Georgia worries about the wellbeing of her parents “everyday, all the time.” She worries that they may be in a car crash, have a heart attack, or experience an attack of violence. She wants to be close to...
The Compassionate Self Identity at work by Dr. Yotam Heineberg
A portion of the human experience that many of us enjoy and delight in has to do with experiences of joy, awe, and celebration. Another portion which many of us grapple with has to do with the realities of pain, challenge and suffering. We find ourselves afraid to...
Social Anxiety & OCD
Stephanie is a 16 year old girl struggling with both Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Social Anxiety. In regard to social anxiety, Stephanie worries that people will judge her for the way that she eats, so she skips eating lunch at school or orders simple...
Body Image Concerns
Body image concerns refers to how an individual sees their own body and how attractive they feel themselves to be. Many people have concerns about their body image, these concerns often focus on weight, skin, hair, or the shape or size of a certain body part. However,...
Phobias
There are two different kinds of phobias, specific phobia and social phobia (also known as social anxiety disorder). A specific phobia is an intense fear of something identifiable, like an object, animal, situation, or place. This fear is much different and more...
