Anxiety, Emotion Regulation
You’ve committed to practicing grounding, your awareness has increased, you’re ready to make your thoughts and feelings known. Not so fast. Ask yourself “What do I want to happen in this situation?” This is a much more involved question than...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Anxiety, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Parent series: social anxiety
Dear Readers, This is the fourth post of a series about social anxiety; hopefully you’ll find them helpful. This particular post is about social anxiety and dating. For those of you struggling with social anxiety, shyness, or introversion, dating can be an...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Anxiety, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Parent series: social anxiety
This post is part of a series on social anxiety: (1) social anxiety, shyness, and introversion and (2) what keeps social anxiety going? Although the content of this series is primarily for adults, it also applies to children and adolescents. A national survey...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Anxiety, Behavior change, Exposure
I have encountered a lot of people who think anxiety is a bad thing. Don’t get me wrong—if you or someone you know suffers from anxiety, you may be aware of what a horrible or painful experience it can feel like. However, there is a value in having our bodies become...
Anxiety, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion Regulation, Empirically supported treatments
Cluttering Is About Our Feelings, Not About Piles of Papers” – (From Clutter-Proof Your Business) In my clinical work quite often I hear about moments in which people struggle with problematic situations such as arguments with others, emotional outbursts,...
Anxiety, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Empirically supported treatments, Interpersonal problems, Uncategorized
Since 2001 the US government has been involved in combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) in Iraq and Afghanistan related to the Global War on Terror. As of September 2010 over 1.9 million U.S. service members have been deployed to...