When someone you love has anxiety or OCD, you may find yourself often giving reassurance. This guide will give you specific steps to help your loved one stop reassurance seeking. You might feel like you can’t give your loved one what they’re looking for when they ask...
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AnxietyIntensive therapy for panic
Panic attacks can be terrifying. They can strike without warning, leaving you feeling helpless and out of control. Intensive therapy for panic attacks teaches you skills to manage and diminish attacks in an accelerated format so you can feel better faster. In this...
Mindfulness for Anxiety
Mindfulness for anxiety is not what you think it is. Although mindfulness is everywhere these days–in your yoga class, your instagram feed, and advertised on streaming services, most people have serious misconceptions about mindfulness and how it works. This post...
Three Surprising Ways to Feel Less Anxious
This post is about how you can work on increasing positive emotions to feel less anxious. We often focus on what we can do to decrease unwanted feelings directly. Surprisingly, tackling anxiety and sadness by working on positive feelings can also be effective! Why...
Unhelpful Ways to Cope with Anxiety: Understanding Avoidance
Hoping to change how you cope with anxiety? In this post, I’ll walk you through the differences between anxiety and fear (and why that difference matters), help you understand the anxiety-avoidance cycle, and teach you a strategy for recognizing and changing your own...
Emetophobia: Common Triggers, Symptoms, and Treatment
No one likes to throw up, but for most people, vomiting is a temporary unpleasant experience. But if you have emetophobia, the fear and dread associated with vomiting can take over your life. You might find yourself avoiding places, situations, foods, shows, or movies...