It has long been assumed that it is necessary to use different exposure therapies to treat different fears. A new study from Ruhr University Bochum challenges this view. Exposure therapy for a ...

Exposure therapy for a specific fear can also help reduce other fears. This is the conclusion reached by psychologists who studied 50 people with a fear of spiders and heights. Although they only ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Facing your fear of spiders may also help with other phobias, including ...

The function of psychotherapy for anxiety is not just to restore calm but to endow people with the ability to regain control over themselves whenever worry threatens to overtake them. The patient ...

Becoming anxious in response to another person’s anxiety is familiar for many people, including many of my patients. Whether it is the urgency in a friend’s voice, the distress of a romantic partner, ...

You can always count on TikTok to reveal new mental health trends. The newest one, called “rejection therapy,” encourages those who suffer from social anxiety to seek out rejection so they can become ...

As a lifelong traveller, I recently found myself paralysed by flight anxiety. Here’s how expert advice and innovative therapy ...

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Ranidaphobia is the medical term for a phobia of frogs and toads. A phobia is an intense, irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. Treatment may include exposure therapy or ...