Overcoming Social Anxiety Wins Another International Award – Healthline.com by Kyle MacDonald in Awards The other day I opened my emails and received the email below from Nicole at Healthline.com, congratulating me for being voted by their panel as one of the Best Anxiety Blogs for 2015: While I certainly don’t set out to win any…

How to Increase Your Wellbeing: Interview with Aaron Jarden by Kyle on February 18, 2016 On The Confident Mind this week I spoke with Aaron Jarden.  Aaron is a Senior Lecturer at the Auckland University of Technology, President of the New Zealand Association of Positive Psychology, lead investigator for the International Wellbeing Study and co-investigator…

Help My Boss Scares Me! (more from John)… by Kyle MacDonald in Social Anxiety This story is a fictional case, but is made up of real clinical experiences from my years of treating people with Social Anxiety Disorder.   Overcoming Social Anxiety in the Workplace: John knows he’s good at this job.  He’s found a…

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How To Have a Frightfully Good Time At a Party (When You’re Anxious) by Kyle MacDonald in in Public When fear becomes part of your daily routine it might seem strange that a festival based on being frightened can actually help. Halloween has its roots in pagan and religious festivals – but for all intents…

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a treatment model that was developed by clinical psychologist Dr. Marsha Linehan in the late 1990’s.  It modified standard CBT approaches to be more suitable for use with people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, a diagnosis characterized by intense suicidality, self harm and intense and violent emotions.  It can often co-exist…