Overcome Anxiety and Worry in the New Year: 5 conversations with Dr. Mark Reinecke (Conversation 1)
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Beginning today, and over the next five days, Dr. John Ludgate will have one conversation per day with Dr. Mark Reinecke, author of “Little ways to Keep Calm and Carry On: Twenty Lessons for Managing Worry, Anxiety and Fear,” published by New Harbinger in 2010. In each of these brief segments, Dr. Reinecke will offer practical techniques and strategies for dealing with worry and anxiety. The aim of these five brief podcast episodes is to provide tools to individuals to help make 2011 a time of less worry and better living. Today’s discussion will focus on cognitive avoidance and the role it plays in maintaining anxiety.
MARK A. REINECKE. PhD BIO
Mark A. Reinecke, PhD,, is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and chief of the division of psychology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. He is a distinguished fellow and past president of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, a diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. He lives in Chicago, IL.