Category: Anxiety

In my last post, I had promised to “examine how our fundamental conceptions of ourselves—our granting to ourselves the possession of an enduring self—contribute to our anxiety.” The time has come to…

Source: Khorzhevska/Shutterstock Often, our minds paint grim images of the future. As a therapist, I see this every day. The everlasting ‘what ifs.’ ‘What if I lose my job?’ ‘What if my…

Source: Dzmitry Dzemidovich / bigstock Recently, I’ve experienced a fair amount of change in my life, and I thought this would be a good time to think about change and how it…

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Doctors are important people in our lives. They keep us healthy and safe; they are the experts we turn to when our physical health falters. But sometimes, we might feel intimidated in…

Illness anxiety, while sometimes overwhelming and frightening, can be coped with. Some popular commonly-used therapeutic modalities may be effective in assisting clients who are struggling with intrusive and obsessive thoughts about their…

We are highly threat-sensitive creatures. Back in the day, our ancestors spent quite a bit of time running or fighting for their lives. They faced large, vicious predators as comparatively physically weaker…

Source: Marcus Aurelius/Pexels As a professional dedicated to providing psychotherapy to older adults for the past 20 years, I’ve found that anxiety does not discriminate based on age. It’s a human experience,…

Anxiety is, in many ways, a psychological expression of pain. It lets us know that something is wrong in a way that is impossible to ignore. It hurts to see someone hurt….

Using Hospitality Principles to Reduce Healthcare Visit Anxiety Have you ever felt anxious or fearful about visiting a doctor? A hospital? Or a walk-in clinic? This should come as no surprise, given…