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Psychology
Phobias
Even though millions of people live with them, phobias remain a misunderstood disorder. Get the facts and learn how to cope with your persistent fears.
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The Psychology Behind Fear
Misconceptions and Facts About Phobias
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Causes
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Why Your Phobia Triggers a Severe Physiological Response
Getting Help for Your Phobia so You Don't Have to Deal With It Alone
Revolving Door Syndrome Helps Understand Relapse in Phobias
Social Anxiety Disorder Symptoms and Progression
How Phobias or Persistent and Extreme Fears Are Treated
What Is Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder?
How Evolutionary Psychology Explains Human Behavior
Survival Strategies for Claustrophobia Before and During Your Flight
5 Effects of Phobias on Your Emotions and Personality
How the Collective Unconscious Is Tied to Dreams, Beliefs, and Phobias
Are Phobias Just a Modern Day Social Construct?
How Phobias Can Be Affected by Your Culture
How Your Friends, Family and Others Can Help You With Your Phobia
Do You Know How Many People Have Phobias in the U.S.?
Why the Psychology Theory of Tabula Rasa You Can Unlearn Bad Behavior
Common Phobic Reactions for the Three Types of Phobias
Coping With Anticipatory Anxiety
How to Overcome Your Phobia Through Behavior Modeling
How Does Religion Cause Different Phobias?
Is Transference the Reason Why I'm Attracted to My Therapist?
What Is Conversion Disorder?
Sticking Too Closely to a Group Mindset May Cause Phobias or Hysteria
What Is a Presenting Problem in Mental Health?
Questions Your Therapist May Ask During Your Phobia Intake Interview
How the Medical Model for Mental Disorders Works in Psychology
When Is Magical Thinking a Symptom of Mental Illness?
How to Cope on a Long Trip When You Have Claustrophobia
The Fear of Death Is Common but It Can Become Unhealthy
How Can Living With a Phobia Interfere With Your Life?
How to Deal With the Fear of Failure
The Link Between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Phobias
3 Major Theories on How Phobias Develop
If Phobias Have a Biological Cause They Can Be Treated With Medication
Could You Have Inherited Your Phobias?
How the Relationship With Our Mother Affects Relations With Others
The Different Factors That Cause Certain Phobias to Develop
How Can Learning Theories Help Treat Phobias?
How Social Cognitive Theory Explains the Development of Phobias
Understanding the Psychoanalytic Theory of Phobias
How to Deal With Tokophobia: Fear of Childbirth
5 Questions to Ask Yourself After an Initial Diagnosis
How to Tell the Difference Between a Fear and a Phobia
How Specific Phobias Are Diagnosed Using the DSM-5
Are You Afraid of Being in Public?
How Phobias Differ From Other Mental Disorders
How Exactly Do You Diagnose a Phobia?
How to Face Your Fears: Healthy Ways to Cope
Can the Diagnostic Manual for Mental Health Do More Harm Than Good?
How Therapeutic Role-Playing Works
Counter-Transference Can Contaminate Your Therapeutic Relationship
Why Brief Eclectic Therapy Is an Effective Treatment Option for PTSD
Psychoeducational Group Therapy Can Help You Overcome Your Phobias
How Taking Medications Can Help Treat Different Phobias
What Is Hypnotherapy?
Talk Therapy vs. Medication: Which Is Better for Treating Phobias?
How Behavioral Therapy Plays a Role in the Treatment of Phobias
Does Thought Stopping Really Help Get Rid of Negative Thoughts?
Successful Mental Health Treatment Depends on Good Therapeutic Rapport
How to Find the Right Therapist If You Have a Phobia
The Goals of Therapy for Phobia to Help You Reclaim Your Life