If ERP Didn’t Work for You, You’re Not the Problem What should you do when ERP didn't work for you? If you’ve done ERP and still feel like OCD is controlling your life, it’s not because you weren’t trying hard enough. That’s one of the things I often hear from clients...
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UncategorizedPolitics and Your Mental Health: Finding Balance
Today’s blog is by Sam Kramer, PhD, a clinician at Anxiety Specialists of St. Louis who specializes in working with adults and older teens who struggle with anxiety, OCD, and related disorders. Let’s talk about politics. Yes, you read that right....
Sleep Tips for Managing Anxiety
For many people anxiety and sleep operate in a cycle. Anxiety keeps us up late, scrolling on social media, tossing and turning, or listening to podcasts to drown out worry thoughts. We sleep poorly or not enough, leading to more anxiety and low mood. We cope by...
How to Make Therapy Skills for Anxiety a Habit
In this post I’m going to share how you can work on making a consistent time for your therapy skills for anxiety. Therapy works best when it becomes a part of your daily life. Despite what many people think, the work of therapy doesn’t happen in session. It happens...
ERP is Not Working? 6 Barriers Keeping You Stuck
Today’s blog is written by Sam Kramer, PhD, a clinician at Anxiety Specialists of St. Louis who specializes in working with adults and older teens who struggle with anxiety, OCD, and related disorders. Are you feeling confused and discouraged because your ERP...
Medication for OCD Treatment – our FAQs
As therapists here at Anxiety Specialists of St. Louis, we provide behavioral treatments for OCD. However, many people also have questions about medication and other interventions for OCD. In this post I'll provide some general information about medication for OCD, as...