Can Psychotherapy Help People with Social Anxiety Disorder?
Social Anxiety Disorder (S.A.D.) is painful, isolating, and destructive to people’s lives. How can psychotherapy help someone who is suffering in this intensely? Here’s three ways therapy can help: Therapy Addresses Fears, Worries and Negative Beliefs...
Breathing is Essential and Effective!
Back in October I wrote about the power of using abdominal breathing for lowering anxiety (See Don’t Dismiss the Value of Breathing) Since then, I’ve seen some claims on the internet claim that abdominal breathing is “just a distraction,” and doesn’t “cure” the...
Happy Puppy, Anxious Mom
It was one of those cold (by California standards) grey afternoons when I went outside to bring in the dogs. My son’s puppy came immediately, with a goofy grin on his face and tongue hanging out of his mouth. “You’re going to feed me, right?” is the question he always...