Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit podcast. Today, we are going to talk about BFRB’s. Now, a BFRB is body-focused repetitive behavior. Many of you know, I am an Anxiety Specialist; I specialize in OCD and OCD-related disorders. Those related disorders can involve body-focused repetitive behaviors including hair pulling, skin picking, and nail-biting. (more…)
Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast. Today I want to talk to you about a question that recently was asked by one of my awesome Instagram followers. This person asked me “Kimberley, how do I relax and be self-compassionate when I suddenly find myself with extra time on my hands?” This is such a fantastic question and a really timely one as well. So today we are going to discuss the skill of sitting still. Ask yourselves “When was the last time you allowed yourself to sit still?” and “When was the last time you allowed the discomfort you may be feeling to just be there?” (more…)
Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast. Today we have on the amazing Joshua Fletcher who some of you may know from Instagram as Anxiety Josh. Joshua is a psychotherapist in the UK as well as someone with lots of lived experience with anxiety disorders. He is here today to talk to us specifically about panic attacks and panic disorder. (more…)
Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast. Today I want to share with you the 5 mindfulness tips that I use with my clients to help manage symptoms of anxiety and depression. (more…)
Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit. Today we are discussing Exposure and Response Prevention or ERP. So what exactly is ERP? Well, many years ago a psychologist created exposure therapy, which is where we expose people to their fears. If you were afraid of dogs, we would expose you to pictures of dogs and then videos of dogs and then we would probably ask you to go pet a dog, that is exposure therapy. (more…)
Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast. Today we are so lucky to have Dr. Jonathan Grayson on with us again. Dr. Grayson is a psychologist who has been specializing in the treatment of OCD for more than 40 years. He is also the author of Freedom from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and founder of The Grayson LA Treatment Center for Anxiety and OCD. He is here today to talk to us about magical thinking. I am actually getting asked a lot recently about magical thinking. People have a lot of questions about what it is and how it relates to OCD and anxiety. (more…)
Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast. We have a lot to tackle in this episode! We are going to be talking about a really important topic which has a lot of confusion surrounding it. Today we are going to explore the difference between an intrusive thought and a mental compulsion. (more…)
Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast. Today I want to focus a bit on OCD treatment. I want to share with you all 8 tips that I think will really help to fast-track your OCD treatment. The first tip is to get support. (more…)
Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast. Today we have on an amazing guest and therapist, Menije Boduryan. Menije is an OCD specialist as well as a specialist on perfectionism. She is here today to talk to us about perfectionism and to give us some tips on how to manage perfectionism in our own lives.
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Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast. Today I want to talk about a concept that is really important to long-term recovery or just life in general, which is this question: Does this bring me closer to my long term goals?
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