by Elizabeth Singer | Feb 19, 2023 | Anxiety Treatment, Uncategorized
I dream of my toddler daughter. I’m changing a very full diaper. Louise, a female authority figure from a prior workplace, tells me by phone that I must bring the diaper to the doctor. I agree and look for it. I look in bags of trash. It is not there. I look all...
by Elizabeth Singer | Jan 25, 2014 | Anger Management Counseling, Anxiety Treatment, Rage, social anxiety
Some Thoughts on Social Anxiety and How It Relates to Anger Management As I continue my study of the explosive patient, I’ve been perplexed by the relationship between anger mismanaged and social anxiety. What I’m finding is that social anxiety can be the flip side of...
by Elizabeth Singer | Feb 23, 2013 | Anxiety Treatment, Neuroscience, Panic
Before you seek help for your for panic or fear, know the brain-based differences between the two. Then you can get help that works. Jaak Panksepp is a researcher who has delineated two places in the brain which process different kinds of fear and call for different...
by Elizabeth Singer | Apr 23, 2012 | Anxiety Treatment, Baby Watching, Neuroscience, Parenting, Stress Regulation
The play space for toddlers at Washington Square Park is a slow, sweet spot. Babies learn to walk there and time stretches out like a summer afternoon. It’s also a good place to do impromptu baby watching. A truck backfires and the babies react. Some older toddlers...
