656: Freedom from health anxiety with Dr. Karen Cassiday

This week on the Anxiety Slayer podcast, Shann is sharing a conversation with Dr. Karen Lynn Cassiday about her book “Freedom From Health Anxiety.”

Dr. Cassiday 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. 

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Points discussed in this episode

  • Effective methods for tolerating health uncertainty

  • Learning to navigate away from an imagined awful future

  • Breaking up with Dr. Google

  • Developing an understanding that every human being’s future is uncertain

  • Recommendations to stop this loop of worst-case-scenario thinking

 

In Freedom From Health Anxiety, Karen teaches you skills to conquer health anxiety, once and for all. You’ll learn to switch from focusing on worst-case scenarios to appreciating the joy of the present moment—regardless of health status. Using a blend of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), positive psychology, and the author’s “learned inhibition” model, you’ll finally acquire the tools you need to take charge of your fear and break the cycle of stressing over your—or your loved one’s—well-being. You’ll also learn effective methods for tolerating health uncertainty, getting in touch with your body’s cues, and rediscovering the pleasure of the present.

Learn more about Dr. Karen Lynn Cassiday at www.anxietytreatmentcenter.com

Get a copy of “Freedom from Health Anxiety” at Amazon or wherever books are sold.