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All of the blogs posted here are written by Tara Amanna, M.Ed., LPC,.  All blogs are meant to be informative and represent issues and topics that I am most passionate about and treat.

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Using Humor To Help Loosen the Grip of OCD Thoughts
If you live with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), you know that your brain can be a bit of an overzealous alarm system. It takes a tiny, “what if” seed and grows it into a full-scale psychological...
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Anxiety: Practices to Help Untangle Fear From Fact
Anxiety has a powerful way of blurring the line between what might happen and what is actually happening. If you struggle with generalized anxiety, you probably know this feeling well. Your mind moves...
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Utilizing ERP and ACT Techniques for OCD Therapy
Living with OCD can be exhausting in ways that are hard to put into words. You may feel trapped in your own mind, caught between intense anxiety and an urgent need to feel “certain” or “safe.” You might...
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CBT for Anxiety
Anxiety.  Endless hours of worrying that can so easily consume you every single day.  Anxiety is draining.  It makes you tired, but then you cannot sleep because your brain won’t shut down.  It makes you...
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