Is your anxiety the same as if someone was running at you with a machete?” That’s how Melissa Tyler, the executive program ...

Imagine easing a fear of heights by getting over a phobia of spiders. That might sound odd, but it works, researchers report. Folks who use exposure therapy to overcome one phobia can find themselves ...

Exposure therapy, in which patients gradually face the things and situations they fear, is among the most effective treatments for anxiety disorders, yet it remains underutilized (Pittig, Kotter, & ...

Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is a form of therapy used to treat people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Research shows that it may effectively reduce symptoms and improve quality of ...

Therapy works, but the debate persists about its active ingredients. Research has shown that “specific processes”—those attached to a certain theory or school (like dream interpretation in ...

Over the past several years, mental health disorders have skyrocketed. In the United States, it’s estimated that more than 23% of adults – some 59.3 million people – live with a mental illness. And ...