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....
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UncategorizedSleep 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 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 is not...
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...
Navigate Back to School Anxiety with Compassion and Understanding
Back to school anxiety is common as the new school year approaches. the feelings of anxiety that some children may experience during this time. The goal of this blog post is to provide you with insights into understanding the feelings of anxiety some children might...