Online Therapy: Interview with Dr. John Grohol of psychcentral.com by Kyle MacDonald on June 24, 2015 In this episode of The Confident Mind Podcast Kyle talks with Dr. John Grohol of psychcentral.com about Online therapy. John  is a pioneer in online mental health, publishing the first commercial mental health portal in 1995.   He was the first…

My New Column: Ask Me Your Questions! 20 February 2016 PR / Kyle MacDonald I’m pretty excited about having been invited to be a regular weekly columnist for New Zealand’s biggest daily newspaper, the New Zealand Herald. This week I was interviewed and talked my views about therapy and what I hope to acheive with…

What is this test? This test is known as the The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) – a questionnaire developed by Dr. Michael R. Liebowitz, a psychiatrist and researcher. How it works This measure assesses the way that social phobia plays a role in your life across a variety of situations. Read each situation carefully…

One of the things that can be quite confusing about Social Anxiety Disorder is that it has a couple of names. And people often have trouble distinguishing shyness and social anxiety. So what’s the difference? Social Anxiety: Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is the psychiatric diagnosis and has been used as the official term in the…

REPOSTED: The World in Black and White by Kyle MacDonald on September 1, 2016 First, apologies for not posting a new episode for a while.  Don’t worry, there will be more to come, but I’m involved in a big side project right now which has taken up all my extra time.  The Confident Mind will be back in a couple…

10 Tips About Social Anxiety and Diet by Kyle MacDonald in Diet Are we really what we eat? Well, yes and no – certainly the chemical reactions involved in eating and digesting our daily meals fuel us and have a manifest impact on the way we feel, but it’s also very important to be mindful…