Deconstructing Anxiety Archives - Todd Evan Pressman, Ph.D

Understanding generalized anxiety disorder

by Todd Pressman | Jan 24, 2023 | anxiety disorders

Understanding and awareness of generalized anxiety disorder have been growing in popular culture. This, no doubt, is due in large part to the expansion of the “global mind” that is the internet. With this increasing awareness, more and more people are recognizing...

Do you have generalized anxiety disorder? The answer might surprise you

by Todd Pressman | Jan 19, 2023 | anxiety disorders

A fascinating study came out in May of 2020* that holds exciting implications for all of us. Researchers Lucas LaFreniere and Michele Newman asked the question: how many of the things people with generalized anxiety disorder worry about actually come true? The...

Does counseling help with anxiety?

by Todd Pressman | Jan 6, 2023 | anxiety disorders

With the advent of the Internet, our “hive mind” (the sum of all our thoughts and ideas) became a living, breathing thing in cyberspace, like Jung’s Collective Unconscious made manifest. This has led to a vastly increased sophistication about mental health matters...