by Cloudways | Oct 17, 2016 | ACT, Anxiety, CBT, ERP, Mindfulness, OCD, OCD - General, OCD - Treatment, Treatments
People new to OCD treatment often walk through the door with more than a few misconceptions. Here are some common ones: Misconception 1: Anxiety is bad. Actually, anxiety is a normal, functional, biologically-based phenomenon that every person is capable of...
by Cloudways | Aug 10, 2013 | CBT, Group Therapy, Social Anxiety
Teens with social anxiety unite! In this paid treatment group, teens will support each other in developing cognitive behavioral skills to combat social anxiety. This workshop will be interactive and fun. Note: If you are an adult with social anxiety, there’s a...
by Cloudways | Mar 5, 2012 | CBT, ERP, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, OCD, OCD - General
Anxiety, Worry, & What If Questions If you have anxiety, it’s likely that you wrestle with worry and “what if” questions. Many what if questions are easily recognizable and start with the obvious, “What if…?” Others are more...
by Cloudways | Nov 29, 2011 | CBT, ERP
Anxiety Principle of the Day: Non-Avoidance is not equivalent to exposure. Although exposure is predicated upon the purposeful non-avoidance of anxiety-related stimuli, non-avoidance of anxiety triggers is not equivalent to exposure. What is non-avoidance? I liken...
by Cloudways | Nov 4, 2011 | CBT, ERP
Many people have an incomplete understanding of exposure therapy… …be it exposure and response prevention (ERP) for OCD, intentional mistake practice for social anxiety, or interoceptive exposures for panic disorder… This is true for exposure...
by Cloudways | Sep 15, 2011 | CBT, ERP, OCD, OCD - Treatment
Question: To what extent would a change of mindset (e.g., changing my expectations for myself) be helpful in recovering from OCD? What is likely to happen if I delay formal treatment with a psychologist and work instead on changing my own mindset? OCD Treatment...