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...
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:...
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...
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,...
