Inducing Panic Symptoms to Treat Panic Disorder

How do you feel about purposefully inducing panic symptoms to treat panic disorder? What are your automatic thoughts about this? We recently trained therapists in evidenced based treatment

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Practice Makes Perfect

The idea of practicing something over and over again can be a stumbling block for someone trying to develop new habits. In CBT for anxiety and OCD we

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Feel Shame about Anxiety or OCD? There is Hope!

Amy is a 35-year-old client who has agoraphobia and social anxiety disorder and is making tremendous progress getting well. When I first started working with Amy, she was

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The Importance of Psychoeducation in CBT

A key part of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is psychoeducation. And, it begins during my first session with clients. After the initial evaluation, I use the last 15

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Structuring a CBT Session

I have been training therapists on CBT for anxiety and OCD for many years and one of the first things we discuss is session structure.  I am also

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What are Your Automatic Thoughts About Exposure and Response Prevention?

Kimberly and I have spent the past three years training master’s level clinicians in person and online all over the country in evidence-based treatment for anxiety and OCD.

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Suicide Prevention Awareness

One of my clients has a friend who became suicidal last week. Her friend has always been a happy person, but was overwhelmed by seasonal depression very fast

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A Business Model That Can Help You Have a Successful Practice

Do you have a successful practice? Would you like to not have any more fears about whether or not you have enough clients? Would you like most of

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Clinicians — are you ready to face your own fears?

I hope you had a great summer with time for relaxation and adventure. It is so important for clinicians to take time away from work to recharge, whatever

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