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Defeating Panic
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Learn a step-by-step approach to helping clients shift their relationship to panic by:
- Challenging the rules of the “Anxiety Game” that has come to dominate their life
- Teaching them how to approach anxiety rather than avoid it
- Using absurdity, exaggeration, and caricature to change their relationship with panic
- Learning how to motivate clients to proactively seek out opportunities to experience their symptoms
- Equipping them with strategies for maintaining their new beliefs and behaviors in the long term
OUTLINE
- Core Principles when Working with Clients with Panic Disorders
- Introceptive Exposure
- Panic Disorder
- "Peak Season" of Panic Disorder
- What to do in Initial Sessions
- Safety Crutches
- Getting Past Panic Disorder
OBJECTIVES
- Discuss how to help clients gradually understand how to approach and overcome their anxiety.
Reid Wilson, Ph.D.
Reid Wilson, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist who directs the Anxiety Disorders Treatment Center in Chapel Hill and Durham, NC. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He is author of the just released Stopping the Noise in Your Head: The New Way to Overcome Anxiety and Worry and the classic self-help book Don’t Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks. He is co-author of Stop Obsessing! How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions, as well as Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous & Independent Children.
Dr. Wilson is a Founding Clinical Fellow of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) and Fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT). In 2014, he was honored with the ADAA’s Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award – the highest national award in his field. He designed and served as lead psychologist for American Airlines’ first national program for the fearful flier and currently serves as the expert for WebMD’s Panic and Anxiety Community.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Reid Wilson is the director at the Anxiety Disorders Treatment Center. Dr. Wilson is an adjunct associate professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. Reid has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Reid Wilson is a Founding Clinical Fellow of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA); and Fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT).
