Self Care
Time for a work-cation?
Summer! It’s summer, 2021, and after a year that has not looked like any other, this summer may not look like any other, either. If
May 28, 2021
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Self Care
How Are You, Really?
Do you remember when your clients came to their session in-person and you would exchange niceties in the waiting room or as you walked down
April 24, 2021
Education
Anxiety post-pandemic: Part 2 of 2
Transitions bring an opportunity for anxiety because by definition they involve moving to something new. The anxiety triggers of transitions can be especially difficult post-pandemic.
March 21, 2021
Education
Groundhog Day – Hitting the Pandemic Wall
For many of us, the pandemic and now the time we are moving into post-pandemic has created an unusual situation – life as an unbroken
February 27, 2021
Education
Anxiety and OCD Relapse
People who have anxiety and OCD seek treatment to find relief from the terrible pain of worry and intrusive thoughts. They are not thinking of
February 4, 2021
Education
How to Navigate New Information That May Challenge Your Best Practices
Have you had the experience of listening to a podcast this year and learning something new that challenges your best practice approach with your clients?
January 3, 2021
Consultation
Coping with Loneliness and Isolation
I received a request to speak to a group practice today. The email read in part: Many of our clinicians, as well as their clients,
November 20, 2020
Education
Reassurance Seeking: How to Get Your Client off the Hampster Wheel
Reassurance seeking can be a benign way to feel better or it can be a compulsion that cements one’s relationship with anxiety and OCD. It
November 6, 2020
Uncategorized
Returning to School: How to Handle Uncertainty and Fear
Returning to school during Covid 19 is filled with uncertainty, sudden changes, and concerns for students, parents, teachers, and staff. At Anxiety Training we can’t
August 7, 2020
Education
What is Inhibitory Learning and How Do You Apply it to Anxiety and OCD?
When I talk about Inhibitory Learning Theory to the clinicians I train, I get one of three responses: What is that? I never heard of
June 28, 2020
Education
Treatment Resistance and Family Accommodation: Is There a Link?
Exposure and Response prevention for anxiety and OCD can be difficult in the best of circumstances, but when a client refuses to participate or family
May 29, 2020
Consultation
Tips for Therapists to Reduce COVID-19 Stress
As a CBT therapist, you are very valuable at all times, but never more so than in this time of runaway stress. It is more
April 30, 2020
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