What is resilience?
Resilience literally means to rebound. The American Psychological Association defines it as “the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.” Resilience is about being able to adapt in a positive way to one’s circumstances […]
If you’re an athlete, you likely do resistance exercises to strengthen your skeletal and core muscles.
The diaphragm is a muscle too. The diaphragm tightens during inhalation so a strong diaphragm reduces breathing effort and improves your performance.
Alternate nostril breathing is a resistance training technique to strengthen your inspiratory muscles and it’s easy to do.
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Did you know that anxiety disorders and OCD work differently in children than in adults? This may seem intuitively obvious but is not reflected in most treatments for child anxiety and OCD. Current treatment protocols conceptualize anxiety disorders and OCD as the result of an overactive threat detection system. This understanding falls short when we […]
Dermatologists are often the first to treat the medical consequences of body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) such as hair pulling, skin picking, and others. BFRBs are still under-recognized, and the effectiveness of treatments is known only in limited circles.
Patients exhibit varied presentations of BFRBs and repeatedly engage in these despite the physical and functional impairments.
Dermatologists are uniquely […]
Whether you call them therapeutic homework, action plans, or exercises, these out-of-session activities can help teens in several ways:
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Taking steps towards increased awareness for OCD and related disorders.
Please join us at the annual OCD walk, sponsored by OCD SF Bay Area, where Joan Davidson serves on the Board of Directors.
The One Million Steps for OCD Walk provides a supportive community, increases awareness, and […]
The SFBACCT celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2020! Due […]
Dr. Monique Thompson’s newest book Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression: Essential Strategies to Manage Negative Thoughts and Start Living Your Life was released on November 3, 2020.
The book is designed to help people struggling with depression to discover the help they need to manage negative […]
Develop a system to manage paper. Paper is the number ONE item when it comes to clutter. Newspapers, magazines, and junk mail all add to the mountain of paper in our homes. The first step in organizing paper is to develop a system to manage it. Think in terms of time. Papers such as the […]
Therapists can use apps to promote interventions that might be beneficial to treating teens with anxiety. Here are three top apps to consider.