by pzuritaona | Uncategorized
0School refusal is a big challenge with children. Making matters worse, it’s hard to know exactly why a child is refusing to attend school. One very common reason that children avoid school is due to anxiety. A child may be too anxious to attend school, but doesn’t...
by pzuritaona | Uncategorized
0This post is part of a series on social anxiety: (1) social anxiety, shyness, and introversion and (2) what keeps social anxiety going?. Although the content of this series is primarily for adults, it also applies to children and adolescents. A national survey...
by pzuritaona | Uncategorized
0On December 5th, 2013 Mr. Mandela passed away. I found myself thinking about how his life clearly reflects a values-based life. His actions were consistent with his personal values even though he was attacked, insulted, arrested, and persecuted multiple times. Over...
by pzuritaona | Uncategorized
0How to Integrate Values and Exposure Interventions to Treat Anxiety By Patricia E. Zurita Ona, PsyD Over the years, I have found that exposure practices can be very intimidating for clients regardless of the type of anxiety they’re struggling with; also, as we know,...
by pzuritaona | OCD series: adults, Uncategorized
0Aggressive obsessions are a type of Obsessive Compulsive disorder (OCD), and sometimes clinicians refer to it as Harm OCD. They are extremely distressing by nature, feel very uncomfortable, involve people you love the most (romantic partners, relatives, newborn...
