pzuritaona, Author at https://eastbaybehaviortherapycenter.com

James Gross, Ph.D. a-n-d Emotion Regulation

Anxiety, Behavior change, Emotion Regulation

Approximately 3 years ago, I had the opportunity to listen to James Gross, Ph.D. at the annual conference of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science in Reno, Nevada. Dr. Gross, an emotion theorist and researcher in Stanford, has conducted multiple studies on...

OCD: Do you have thoughts or images about harming yourself or others?

Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD series: adults

Aggressive obsessions are a type of Obsessive Compulsive disorder (OCD), and sometimes clinicians refer to it as Harm OCD. They are extremely distressing by nature, feel very uncomfortable, involve people you love the most (romantic partners, relatives, newborn...

A moment of choice, behaviorally speaking…

Behavior change

Very often in my clinical work I’m face with moments in which I’m inviting my clients “to do” something different from what they usually do when dealing with their struggles; to develop an alternative behavioral repertoire to their pain. ...

From traditional to contemporary exposure work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure, Values

Over the last couple of months I wrote different posts about exposure and its current clinical applications: Exposure: What is it and why is it important?, (b) Values-based exposure: what is it? Why to do it?, Social phobia/anxiety and values-based exposure). Today, I...

Social phobia/anxiety and ideopathic craniofacial erytheme

Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal problems, Parent series: social anxiety

Did you hear the term “ideopathic craniofacial erytheme?” This is a medical term to describe severe facial blushing that can be easily triggered. From time to time in my clinical work with clients struggling with social phobia/anxiety I hear the question:...

Do you have social phobia/anxiety?

Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal problems

According to the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) approximately about 15 millions of adults in the United States have social anxiety, and 36% of them report symptoms for 10 years or longer. More often than not social anxiety is underdiagnosed and...

Interpersonal dance: are you pushing people away from you or keeping them close?

Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Functional Analytical Psychotherapy, Interpersonal problems

We all have been shaped by interpersonal interactions with others throughout our lives; since childhood and up to this precise moment when you’re reading this post. Through those experiences we have created a “story” of who we are as human beings,...