Shelley Taylor Ph.D.
Dr. Taylor is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology. She studies social relationships and how they protect people against stress. Her tend-and-befriend model, which was developed in response to the fight-or-flight metaphor that usually guides stress research, builds on the fact that, in response to stress, people come together with others for joint protection of self and offspring.
Dr. Taylor also studies self-regulation, stress, and coping, and explores the skills that people develop and use for anticipating stressful events and for minimizing their adverse effects when...
Lori Zoellner Ph.D.
Dr. Zoellner is the Director of the University of Washington's Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington. Both her research and her clinical experience focus on the prevention and treatment of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder, with particular expertise in the area of memory functioning.
Prior to joining the faculty at UW, Dr. Zoellner received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, minoring in Behavioral Neuroscience, from the University of California, Los Angeles, and was...
Erin C. Pollard, MA, MFT
Erin C. Pollard believes there are many rich stories about you that are yet to be told; stories of undiscovered strengths and wisdom. She hold a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University and has been a practicing therapist since 2007.
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Christina
Christina is a student at Harvard. For years, her fear of flying prevented her from joining her friends on trips around the country and overseas. Her phobia manifested itself physically with sweating and shakiness in anticipation of the flight and hyperventilating when she was on the plane. Despite trying to rationalize her fear, she found flying so uncomfortable she eventually stopped.
Since undergoing intense cognitive-behavioral therapy Christine has learned techniques to control her anxiety. She still doesn’t enjoy flying but has made enough progress to...
Michele
Michele is a certified registered nurse anesthetist and single mother who lives in New Jersey. In 2008, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, just a few weeks after receiving certification as a nurse anesthetist. With her world turned upside down and her exciting plans for the future put on hold, Michele struggled with anger, anxiety, and depression.
She found help through a University of Pennsylvania clinical trial focused on holistic therapy. In addition to using medication to treat her anxiety and depression, Michele uses affirmations,...
Edna Foa, Ph.D.
Dr. Foa is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Personality from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1970. Dr. Foa devoted her academic career to study the psychopathology and treatment of anxiety disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and social phobia, and is currently one of the world's leading experts in these areas. Her research...
Sara Kenney, L.C.S.W.
Sara Kenney is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has practiced analytically-oriented psychotherapy in Los Angeles for 15 years. She specializes in working with people in transition personally, professionally, and in their relationships. Sara works to help people expand their understanding of themselves and how they move through the world, facilitating change and growth. Her client base includes adults and adolescents, individuals and couples.
Roz Chast
Roz Chast has been a cartoonist for the New Yorker since 1978. Her work has also appeared in many other publications, including Scientific American, Redbook, and the Harvard Business Review. Her latest collection is Theories of Everything: Selected, Collected, and Health-Inspected Cartoons, 1978-2006. In 2007 she illustrated The Alphabet from A to Y With Bonus Letter Z!, the best-selling children's book written by Steve Martin.
She was born in Brooklyn, New York, to the two most anxious people on the planet, and to this day, anxiety is her default mode.
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Podcast: Nail Biting and Hair Twirling (Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors)
Why you gotta turn my nail biting into some big mental thing. I just bite my nails, why are people making it such a big thing?
~Michelle Hammer
Nail Biting. Hair Pulling. Skin Picking. All of these "bad habits" fall under the category of Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors or BFRBs. In today's episode, Gabe and Michelle discuss their issues with BFRBs and some potential solutions -- though they readily admit sometimes the solution can be worse than the habit.
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Podcast: Died From Mental Illness (CW: Suicide)
It's called suicide, but it should be called death from mental illness. We don't die from "cancer-cide", as an example.
~Gabe Howard
Last summer, Michelle Hammer's friend died by suicide. In this heartfelt and vulnerable episode, Michelle discusses her emotions about her friend, including her anger and confusion. Both hosts discuss why it would be better if people saw suicide for what it really is -- death from mental illness.
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