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For clinicians: Upcoming 6-week training with Dr. Z

We are very excited to share that Dr. Z will be teaching a 6-week, 12-hour online course on integrating ACT with Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) and Emotion Regulation Training (ERT). This course will start on October 17th, and take place every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 EDT (10:30 to 12:30pm PST).

This training is best intended for any mental health professionals working with clients…

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What to do when parents come to therapy and ask you to “fix” their teen

Dr. Z recently posted a blog on the New Harbinger Publications blog with a tip for therapists helping frazzled parents with emotionally dysregulated teens. She outlines and begins to explain some initial steps to working with these parents from an ACT frame:

Create with parents an inventory of all the strategies they have used to manage their teens’ behaviors.

Look at the workability of each one…

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Super-Feelers: awareness skills Check out Dr. Z's newest book, Escaping the Emotional Rollercoaster, out as of August 4th on Amazon.com!

Super-Feelers: body awareness Like this blurb? Check out Dr. Z's newest book, Escaping the Emotional Rollercoaster, which just came out August 4th on Amazon.com!

Washington Post article The Washington Post published an article beginning to cover body focused repetitive behavior, specifically hair pulling (trichotillomania) and skin picking (dermatillomania).

Featuring: IOP program

We’re calling out our IOP program today, to highlight some of the amazing changes that clients in the program have seen.

To start, let’s clarify: IOP stands for Intensive Outpatient Program, and for us, that means committing to having sessions at least 3 times a week, for at least 45 hours total. We focus on the OCD symptoms, using exposure-response prevention, the most effective intervention for…

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Parenting a Troubled Teen review

We have been thrilled with the reception to Dr. Z’s book, Parenting a Troubled Teen. Recently, we came across this review by parent and clinician, Thomas:

As a therapist and parent of a teen who has seen Dr. Ona for social anxiety, I highly recommend her and this book. One of the things I love about this book is that many parents want their teens to change, but they don’t see themselves as part…

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Super-Feelers: body budget tips 6 days until August 4th, when Dr. Z's newest book, Escaping the Emotional Rollercoaster, comes out on Amazon.com!

Anxiety Tech Conference 2018 The Anxiety Tech Conference is going to be on July 18th of this year, in San Francisco!

Shoutout to Life in Balance!

We are always so thrilled when other clinicians find our books helpful for their clients and recommend them. A big thank you to Life in Balance Therapy, from Toronto, for listing Parenting a Troubled Teen as a resource!

https://lifeinbalancetherapy.ca/adult-resources/

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Super-Feelers: emotion awareness Keep an eye out for Dr. Z's newest book, Escaping the Emotional Rollercoaster, coming out August 4th, 2018 on Amazon.com!

Guest Post: Dr. Murrell and The Joy of Parenting

I traded 12 children for a more vital life: Lessons on valuing flexibly

By: Amy R. Murrell, Ph.D. Some preschool age children have an imaginary friend, but – when I was three – I had a husband and twelve children. My beloved spouse was named Brown Brown; and, to this day, my non-imaginary husband of over 20 years teases me if I wear a lot of “my first husband’s name”. I share this anecdote, not…

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Quicksand of Agoraphobia: Part IV

Quicksand of Agoraphobia, by Diane Mengali

We had a wonderful talk with Diane Mengali, author of The Quicksand of Agoraphobia, a few months ago. She was very warm and open in sharing her experience, for which we are very grateful. We have revised the interview into four parts. This is the fourth and final post. (Edited for length)

– What would your advice be to people who struggle with difficult…

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Science versus myth: OCD related to childhood memories?

Here is a story: a client struggling with OCD, for over 10-years, was being told in therapy that his OCD was related to childhood memories.

Here is the outcome: he never got the treatment he deserved until he learned about Exposure Response Prevention (ERP).

Here is what science says about OCD: OCD gets maintained because of compulsive and avoidance behaviors.

Is OCD related to repressed memories?

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DBT is not for Me! What else can I do?

Is being too “on top of things” causing you distress?

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a well-established treatment for people who suffer from emotion dysregulations and impulsive behaviors. This includes people with self-harming and suicidal behaviors, substance abuse, and chronic interpersonal difficulties. And while DBT has shown efficacy for many people struggling, there is a specific…

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Technology Use for Children and Teens

Are you worried about your kid’s use of screens?

Nearly all parents at some point will have a conversation with their children about technology use. This may be in the context of video games, social media, screen use time, responsible Internet use, or any other category. Parents often struggle to figure out how to navigate these conversations with their children, and what guidelines they should…

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Quicksand of Agoraphobia: Part III

Quicksand of Agroaphobia, by Diane Mengali

We had a wonderful talk with Diane Mengali, author of The Quicksand of Agoraphobia. She was very warm and open in sharing her experience, for which we are very grateful. We have revised the interview into four parts, to be released monthly. This is the third post. To read the first and second, click here and here. (Edited for length)

– A lot of people…

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