Treating Pandemic and Catastrophe Related Anxiety, Fear, Panic & Worry – Marwa Azab

Treating Pandemic and Catastrophe Related Anxiety, Fear, Panic & Worry – Marwa Azab

Description:

With the explosion of global anxiety provoking situations—from COVID-19 to racial injustice to political unrest… the list goes on and on—it’s critical to update your anxiety clinical toolbox now to keep pace! Be at the forefront, don’t just catch up!

Watch Marwa Azab, Ph.D, neuroscientist and anxiety expert as she teaches you the latest neuro-based research and therapeutic techniques to help your clients with anxiety thrive in an era of new global unknowns and unsettling circumstances.

You’ll learn to accurately integrate the latest neuroscience on anxiety disorders with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and logotherapy techniques that will not only improve your client’s most unearthed anxieties, they’ll transform your clinical practice!

By applying these techniques in treatment sessions you’ll be able to:

Turn off monkey mind and initiate change
Map worry loops to curtail habitual thinking
Tackle experiential avoidance and cognitive diffusion
Disempower internal schema of others’ expectations that fuels anxiety
Reduce the vicious panic cycle and chronic ‘survival’ mode
Calm the nervous system in 90 seconds
And more!
Outline:
Neurobiology of Fear, Anxiety, Panic & Worry

Fear, hormone responses, and brain circuits simplified
Quite the inflamed amygdala in 3 steps
Calm the nervous system in 90 seconds
Eradicate anxiety in 1 session
The antithesis to anxiety
Limitations of the research and potential risks
Effective Solutions to the 3 Biggest Obstacles to Anxiety Treatment

Critical differences between situation, trait, and pathological anxiety
Turn off your client’s monkey mind and initiate change
How to curb clients’ secondary gains in anxiety treatment
Exercises to re-route the circuits of anxiety to enhance neuroplasticity
The Rebirth of Existential Anxiety (EA):
ACT and Logotherapy Techniques to Help Clients Thrive in an Era of Global Unknowns

Tackle experiential avoidance and cognitive diffusion
Construct statement of life purpose and clarify values
Tools to convert EA into motivation
Re-orient to the present moment with anchors
How to utilize the attentional brain system
Case study: Marwa got COVID, EA revised her entire life!
The Explosion of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD):
CBT Techniques to Address New Worry Types

Reversing client’s bias for threats
Mapping worry loops to curtail habitual thinking
Shifting from efficient to effective thinking
How to objectively evaluate evidence for worry
New journal writing prompts to diffuse worry
Case study: Maria is a lawyer, 45-year-old and excessive worrier
The Implosion of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD):
Attachment, Mindfulness, and CBT Interventions to Address Social Isolation

Ten ways to prime secure attachment
Unpack the internal self-talk that fuels anxiety
Disempower internal schema of others’ expectations that fuels anxiety
How to diffuse client’s anxiety away from self
Stop client’s rumination after perceived rejection
Build social skills through role play
Case study: Dave 27 years old social worker who cannot write an email to an old friend
The Tsunami of Panic Disorders:
Exposure, CBT, and Re-Conditioning Strategies to Reduce the Vicious Panic Cycle

Help clients out of chronic ‘survival’ mode
Reinterpreting bodily sensations to soothe
How some medical conditions trigger panic attacks and what to do about it
Teach clients to unlearn panic triggers and learn safety triggers
In vivo exposure technique to confront internal and external panic triggers
Case study: Leena is a 21 year old student suffering from panic attacks
NLP online course

So what is NLP?
Firstly, NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Secondly neuro refers to your neurology;
Thirdly linguistic refers to language however, programming refers to how that neural language functions.
As a result,In other words, learning NLP is like learning the language of your own mind!

Moreover, NLP is the study of excellent communication–both with yourself, and with others.
It was developed by modeling excellent communicators and therapists who got results with their clients.
NLP is a set of tools and techniques, but it is so much more than that.
In conclusion, It is an attitude and a methodology of knowing how to achieve your goals and get results.