Behavior change, Emotion Regulation
Before you start reading this post about “validation” please see the following youtube video: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aks0bco7IQQ] I found this short-film to be a great reminder of the importance of validation in the context of...
Behavior change, Exposure
During my years of graduate school I became interested in the processes of “primary pain” and general people responses to it. That was the path that led me to read, research, and write about “coping.” For the purposes of this post, coping is...
Behavior change, Emotion Regulation, Exposure
The first time I heard the term “emotion phobia” was when I was a graduate student and attended a workshop on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) given by Marsha Linehan, Ph.D. Over the years in my career as a Clinical Psychologist I’ve become more...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure
My previous post was about exposure: what is it and why is it important. I’m certain that if you search about exposure on google you will find a significant amount of academic and non-academic information on the different types of exposure, how to do it, when...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure
Approximately twenty years ago, Edna Foa, Ph.D. started delivering exposure-based interventions for the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in particular. Dr. Foa’s pioneer clinical work has not only tremendously...
