Overcoming Anxiety and Fear in Children and Teens

• By: Jed Baker, PhD Social Skills Training Project
• October 1st, 2017
• anxiety, cbt, cognitive behavioral therapy, fall 2017 issue, fear, therapy
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Study after study has shown that if you can get anxious individuals to gradually face their fears (a treatment called gradual exposure), their anxiety will decrease, and they will no longer be controlled by their fear. That is the science of treatment, to gradually face fears. But how do you get...

Blurred Lines – In Support of a Broader Interdisciplinary Model

• By: Lucas Steuber, MA-T, MS SLP/CF LanguageCraft
• July 1st, 2015
• advocacy, science, therapy
• 716    0

It’s 6:00 PM on a Tuesday and Lindsey is taking her kids to swim practice.  In the back seat they’re talking excitedly about whatever the new game is while struggling to share an iPad, worn out from the day of school but excited for the evening ahead. Meanwhile, Lindsey is thinking about RSVPs...

The Ins and Outs of Technologically-Savvy Psychotherapy

• By: Alyson H. Sheehan, PhD Shana Nichols, PhD ASPIRE Center for Learning and Development
• January 1st, 2014
• technology, teletherapy, therapy
• 793    0

When the parents of a bright, 7-year-old girl were informed that their daughter’s delays in social and emotional development were likely indicative of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), they responded in a manner similar to many other parents who have received such news. They began seeking medical...