Do you find yourself pulling out your hair even though you want to stop? Learn what trichotillomania is, why hair pulling happens, and how Habit Reversal Training (HRT) can help.

Habit Reversal Training (HRT) helps people become more aware of repetitive behaviors and develop new ways of responding to urges. Learn how HRT is used for tics, hair pulling, skin picking, and related conditions.

Tinnitus is more than a ringing in your ears. Learn what causes tinnitus, why it becomes so distressing for some people, what treatments are supported by research, and how many people eventually stop noticing it.

No one likes to vomit.

For individuals with emetophobia, the fear goes far beyond ordinary dislike or discomfort. The fear can become intense, consuming, and life-altering, affecting daily decisions, eating habits, relationships, travel, parenting, school, work, and physical health.

Emetophobia is a specific phobia involving an intense fear of vomiting. For many people, the fear also extends to seeing others vomit, feeling nauseated, or being exposed to situations associated with illness or vomiting.

Anxiety therapy can be intimidating. You’ve got to open up to a stranger, put everything you’re feeling into words, and try different things with the hope one of them will improve your life. But with Virginia Lindahl, Ph.D., therapy for anxiety is straightforward—and more supportive—than...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a structured, evidence-based form of psychotherapy commonly used to treat anxiety disorders, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), insomnia, stress-related difficulties, and many other mental health concerns.

CBT is based on the idea that thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physical reactions are interconnected. Over time, certain patterns of thinking and behavior can unintentionally reinforce distress and keep people feeling stuck.

Treatment focuses on identifying and changing the patterns that may be maintaining emotional difficulties over time.

When people have been struggling with insomnia for weeks, months, or years, sleep medication can understandably feel appealing. Many people are exhausted, frustrated, anxious about sleep, and desperate for relief.

Sleep medications can sometimes be helpful, particularly in the short term. Some people find that medication temporarily reduces nighttime anxiety or helps them fall asleep more quickly.

However, chronic insomnia is often maintained by more than the absence of sleep itself.

Living with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is no walk in the park. As a clinical psychologist based in Arlington, Virginia, I specialize in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) Therapy, an evidence-based treatment for OCD that helps people reclaim their lives from endless cycles of obsessions and...