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...
In today’s post, I’m going to teach you two ways to worry less, based on some anxiety therapy strategies. When I think about helping people manage worry, I think of it as a two step process. Challenge the thought by practicing thinking in a more realistic, balanced...
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. In this post we'll focus primarily...
Interested in how to worry less? In this post, I’m going to share one of my favorite strategies for decreasing anxiety: setting a time to worry. It may sound counterintuitive at first, but read all the way through before deciding if you’re willing to give it a chance....
While many people may be familiar with virtual reality in a gaming environment, we are putting virtual reality to work for phobia treatment! We are excited to share that we have a virtual reality headset and have been using it in our work with phobias. We’re committed...
One of our core values at Anxiety Specialists of St. Louis is to provide evidence based practice. What is evidence based care and why does it matter? Evidence based practice involves three pieces: (Sackett, 2000) Research and data Your own values and preferences as a...