The Basics of Emotional Reasoning
Have you ever felt so sure that something bad, something horrific was about to happen? Your heart pounds and palms sweat. It must be true, because you feel it. Right?
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How Do I Know If My Fear is “Rational”?
So much of recovery from an anxiety disorder and/or OCD is in distinguishing the “what is” from the “what if.” Your brain tells you something scary. Your threat-alert system is
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Therapy Isn’t Working. What Should I Do?
Sadly, I hear this a lot. It’s a delicate topic for sure. I hear stories of people who’ve been with the same therapist for years. They either still feel stuck
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How to Experience Anxiety without Resisting It
By experiencing anxiety, I mean ride out the fear-filled thoughts and feelings, allowing them to be there without trying to make them go away. The spirit of this is really
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You Cannot Manifest Your OCD
Something clients ask me a lot is if they’re going to manifest their intrusive thoughts by thinking them. It’s generally after they’ve Googled something and stumbled upon the law of
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How Do I Know When Therapy Is Done?
As I was checking out the redesigned Anxiety & Depression Association of America’s website (which is really great), I ran across an article called How to Know When to Seek
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ERP Is Like Rock Climbing (Only Safer)
If you haven’t seen the documentary Free Solo, I highly recommend it. It follows Alex Honnold, a professional rock climber, and his journey to free solo Yosemite National Park’s El
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As We Slowly Reopen, What’s Next?
It’s been one year since the shelter-at-home was issued here in Ohio. With the vaccine well underway, it seems that “normal” is coming or at least it’s in our sights.
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Prepare for ERP in 3 Small Steps
Even when you want to change, the thought of it can be scary. It is for just about all of us, but for those with obsessive compulsive disorder, scary doesn’t
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What Is Exposure and Response Prevention?
ERP stands for Exposure and Response (or Ritual) Prevention. For those with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), ERP along with medication, lifestyle changes and other factors, can give them back their lives.
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What Is OCD?
I hear this all the time: “I’m so OCD, because……..” I have to then take some deep breaths. As a therapist whose practice is focused on helping those with this
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7 Tips to Get Through 2020’s Holiday Season: A Therapist’s Advice
I have to be honest. My general feeling about the holidays usually leaves me wanting to go to sleep around Thanksgiving and wake up after New Year’s. Thanks to the
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