Having a panic attack can be a terrifying experience. If you’ve had an intense rush of anxiety or fear that comes out of the blue, you may have had a panic attack. Read on to learn more about signs of a panic attack and how CBT can help. Am I having a panic attack?...
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Anxiety Specialists Blog6 Ways to Help Your Anxious Child
If you read my previous blog, 5 Signs Your Child May Be Anxious, you might be wondering what to do if you are noticing those signs. Here are 6 ways that you can help your anxious child. Talk to your child. Yes, this seems simple and obvious, but if you can catch your...
5 Signs Your Child May Be Anxious
Today's blog is by Amy Kurz, MSW, LCSW, a clinician at Anxiety Specialists of St. Louis who specializes in working with kids and teens who struggle with anxiety, OCD, and related disorders. Usually children who act out get the most attention, however,...
The First Step to Get Control of Your Worry
Once you get started worrying, it can be hard to know how to stop. You might feel like your worry is impossible to control and once you start spiraling, there’s not much you can do. Feeling helpless and unsure what to do only makes things worse.. This post is all...
Identifying and Treating Health Anxiety
What is health anxiety? Worry about your physical or mental health from time to time is normal. When the worry is really difficult to stop, despite reassurance from your doctor that your tests are normal, you may be dealing with illness anxiety. Anxiety about health...
Using Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy to Treat OCD
One of our core values at Anxiety Specialists of St. Louis is to use therapies that are evidence based. This means that we use treatments that have strong research showing that they are effective for a particular symptom or disorder. This doesn’t necessarily mean that...