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It\u2019s not uncommon to have some anxiety about your and others\u2019 health. However, health anxiety, at its worst, can become an overwhelming, life-consuming experience that keeps you from thriving. Millions of people experience health anxiety, and the pandemic has certainly contributed to the recent rise in numbers of people who experience this. Dr. Karen Cassiday, author of Freedom from Health Anxiety, is nationally recognized as an expert clinical psychologist in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders in children, teens, and adults. In this episode of POTC, Karen and Debbie discuss the common experience of health anxiety, and Karen\u2019s evidence-based methods for approaching it. Join us in this empowering episode for distinctions between normal and problematic health anxiety, practical advice for dealing with catastrophic thinking patterns, and much more, today!\n\nListen and Learn:\n\nDebbie and Yael\u2019s thoughts on the pervasive experience of health anxiety\n\nDr. Cassiday\u2019s expert opinion on the rise of health anxiety in the general public\n\nPractical distinctions for when health anxiety is normal vs. when it\u2019s problematic\n\nImportant differences between orthorexia and health anxiety\n\nPractical advice for dealing with catastrophic thinking patterns about your health\n\nAn expert breakdown of the reassurance seeking cycle\n\nThe importance of function in your health-related behaviors\n\nEvidence-based strategies for practitioners and patients dealing with health-anxiety\n\nHow Dr. Cassiday uses Exposure and Response Prevention in her work\n\nThe common experience of health anxiety, and new, evidence-based methods for approaching it\n\n\nResources:\n\nGrab your copy of Karen\u2019s book, Freedom from Health Anxiety: Understand and Overcome Obsessive Worry about Your Health or Someone Else's and Find Peace of Mind\xa0\n\n\nCheck out Yael and Barry Schwartz\u2019s article on Radical Uncertainty\n\n\nRead Barry Schwartz's Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing\xa0\n\n\nGrab your copy of all our favorite books at bookshop.org/shop/offtheclockpsych.\n\nCheck out Debbie, Diana, Yael, and Jill\u2019s websites to access their offerings, sign up for their newsletters, buy their books, and more!\xa0\n\n\nAbout Dr. Karen Lynn Cassiday:\nDr. Karen Cassiday is an author and nationally recognized as an expert clinical psychologist in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders in children, teens and adults. She empowers patients to overcome their struggles with anxiety, compulsions, phobias, social anxiety, worry, and depression. She approaches each patient with enthusiasm, persistence, and a keen sense of humor, crafting individualized, research-based treatment plans for each person. Her goal is to make each patient an expert at managing their own anxiety, so that they can face any future event with confidence and courage. A sought after national speaker on television, radio and at professional training seminars, Dr. Cassiday has appeared as a psychological consultant on Animal Hoarders on TNT and on NBC\u2019s Today Show. Her expertise has been tapped through commentary in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and numerous other publications. Make sure to check out Karen\u2019s book, Freedom from Health Anxiety: Understand and Overcome Obsessive Worry about Your Health or Someone Else's and Find Peace of Mind.\n\nRelated Episodes:\n\nEpisode 138. Exploring Existence and Purpose: Existentialism with Robyn Walser\n\nEpisode 164. Pandemic Stress: Strategies from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Debbie and Diana\n\nEpisode 244. What You Feel Is Not All There Is with Aprilia West\n\n\nEpisode 103. Healthy Habits with Dayna Lee-Baggley\xa0\xa0\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices