As you probably know by now, we have been celebrating five years of Duff the Psych this month. So far we have given away over 1000 free books, dropped the price of the online course by $200, and did a fun celebratory live stream on Facebook.
Now, I’m excited to announce that we are doing a huge giveaway to say thank you for the support over these past few years! You guys are seriously the best. Here is what we will be giving away:
Anxiety is an exceptionally common mental health issue to struggle with. In this day and age, it is much less taboo to talk about anxiety on social media or during in-person conversations. I see people talking about tips and tricks to help manage anxiety symptoms all the time. A lot of techniques to help with anxiety are intuitive such as taking deep breaths or figuring out your problematic thinking patterns. However, as a psychologist that focuses on treating anxiety disorders, I also see a lot of mistakes. In this post, I’d like to walk you through a few common mistakes that could end up limiting your progress or even making your anxiety worse.
One of the coolest things that has popped up since I initially released Kick Anxiety’s Ass, a 10-week system to help you take your life back from anxiety, has been that people keep emailing me asking if there is a way to get a group discount for their book club, therapy group, or simply their interested family members. I’m happy to announce that I am now offering a scaling group discount on the course!
Finding the courage to take the leap and get some therapy for yourself can be hard. It also takes time to develop a relationship with your therapist that allows you to trust them enough to be open and honest. This is especially true when you might be someone that has a history of trauma, abuse, or problematic relationships. That trust is hard earned and you may even feel like your therapist is one of the only people that you can actually be honest with about your feelings. Unfortunately, therapists are normal people too (well, most of us). That means that sometimes life gets in the way and they are no longer able to keep seeing you for therapy. This could be do to relocating, changing jobs to a different agency, not being approved as a provider for a specific insurance panel, or other personal reasons that you would never learn about. And when this happens… it usually doesn’t feel so good. Here’s a question that I recently got on episode 158 of the Hardcore Self Help Podcast: