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Crazy-Makers: Dealing with Passive-Aggressive People

Why Are People Mean? Don't Take It Personally!

When You Have Been Betrayed

Struggling to Forgive: An Inability to Grieve

Happy Habits: 50 Suggestions

The Secret of Happiness: Let It Find You (But Make the Effort)

Excellence vs. Perfection

Depression is Not Sadness

20 Steps to Better Self-Esteem

7 Rules and 8 Methods for Responding to Passive-aggressive People

What to Do When Your Jealousy Threatens to Destroy Your Marriage

Happiness is An Attitude

Guide to How to Set Achieveable Goals

Catastrophe? Or Inconvenience?

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Anxiety Articles

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15 Coping Statements for Panic and Anxiety--Index
This series provides an explanation of some common coping statements.

50 Tools for Panic and Anxiety
Describes 50 evidence-based tools from cognitive-behavioral therapy for coping with anxiety disorders.

Understanding the Act “As If” Concept for Anxiety Treatment
Discusses the exposure concept of act "as if" and how it differs from "fake it till you make it." Provides additional information about how to use the method effectively.

How to Manage Panic and Anxiety
Explains what panic is and is not, how it is maintained by the anxiety cycle, and some methods to learn how to control it.

Emotion Training: What is it and How Does it Work?
Discusses the methods involved in developing emotional mastery.

What to Expect from Mindfulness-based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy(MCBT) When You Have Depression and Anxiety
Discusses the research regarding MCBT and what are realistic expectations for treatment.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Social Phobia
Discusses issues that occur in treatment when someone has both OCD and Social Phobia

The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Anxiety Disorders
Describes research showing the effectiveness of CBT compared to medication.

How to Interfere with Therapy When Your Loved One Has Anxiety or Depression
Discusses how well-meaning family members can interfere with the progress of therapy.

Coping with Change: Psychological Flexibility
Discusses the concept of adapting to change and how CBT can improve psychological flexibility.

A Brief Primer on the Biology of Stress and How CBT Can Help
Explains the biology of the stress reaction and how cognitive-behavioral therapy impacts that process at the biological level.

How Do We Change Irrational Thinking?
Provides an overview of how cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) works.

Catastrophe? Or, Inconvenience?
Examines catastrophic thinking which is the tendency to assume the worst-case scenario is likely to occur.

Anxiety PsychNotes

  • Why Relabeling Anxiety as Excitement Doesn't Work
  • Anxiety and Poor Memory: It's Really About Attention
  • Developing Tolerance of Anxiety
  • Perception of Family Criticism Impedes Recovery from Panic Disorder
  • It's Not as Simple as Being Grateful
  • Treating Social Anxiety Disorder: Comparing Mindfulness Training and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
  • Do You Worry When Waiting for Medical Test Results?
  • Reduce Worry By Thinking About It?
  • Being Too Aware of Your Body Can Lead to General Worrying
  • “Which Coping Strategy Should I Use?”
  • Listening to the Message of Anxiety
  • Be Sure to Sleep After Exposure Treatment
  • Treatment for Long-term Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) May Differ from Short-Term GAD
  • The Difference Between Normal Worry and Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Anxiety Disorders May Not Be As Prevalent As We Thought
  • Best Predictor of Treatment Outcome for Anxiety Disorders
  • How Effective is CBT for Children With Anxiety Disorders?
  • Listening to Your Heart Helps Moral Decision-Making: But is it Good for Fear Avoidance Decisions?
  • An Anxiety Disorder is Not Weakness!
  • Why Some Girls Are More Vulnerable to Developing Depression/Anxiety When Marital Conflict is Present
  • Anxiety and the Avoidance of Positive Emotions
  • Massage: Effects on Anxiety, Depression, and Pain
  • Effects of Introversion When a Person has Panic Disorder
  • CBT Reduces Anxiety During Breast Cancer Treatment
  • Afraid of Feeling Good?