Today’s blog is by Sam Kramer, PhD, a clinician at Anxiety Specialists of St. Louis who specializes in working with adults who struggle with anxiety, OCD, phobias, and related disorders. Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is typically our method of choice...
Many people have reservations about group therapy. When I discuss the option of joining a group, people often bring up similar concerns. I’ll share these and my responses in the hope that it eases some of your worries. Then I’ll walk you though five reasons group...
This post explains what germaphobia is and ways you can learn to tackle symptoms. Technically a fear of germs could be classified as a type of specific phobia where the focus is germs, bacteria, contamination, or infection. Specific phobias (and other mental health...
Imagine the weather forecast is predicting a strong thunderstorm for later this afternoon. Your storm anxiety starts to build. Every 10 minutes the weather update plays again. The map is full of orange and red, signaling danger. You start to feel panicky and believe a...