I did exposure therapy because of my social anxiety it was scary at first but it really helped me a lot. I work and retail now and I'm still a little shy but I can walk up to my customers now without feeling so overwhelmed.
I found exposure therapy to be extremely helpful. I also think it's really important to have a good relationship with your therapist before starting exposure therapy so you can trust that your therapist would never put you in any actual harm.
Couldn't agree more!! It is very important to have a good relationship with your therapist. Thanks for adding that in and sharing your experience!! xoxo
I've been in therapy since Feb and I've just realised my therapist has been doing exposure therapy for my PTSD.. Especially the flooding part, it's really helped me. Thanks for this video.
Exposure therapy really changed my life. I went from being effectually terrified of socializing in school, to leading a small company and being sort of a social butterfly. Now I am a true extrovert. Treating ADHD (Adderall and Intuniv) was hugely helpful for quieting my mind, too... So it may not always just be "anxiety".. But one must train the brain. Good video
I think it's great! I did it with my therapist when I was in high school and had really bad OCD. My hands were always dry and on the verge of cracking because not only did I wash my hands all the time, I had to wash them 3 times every time, *especially* after doing the dishes, and then there was my hand sanitzer use...so my therapist basically made a ladder of my fears with the lowest rung being my least fearful thing, and the top being the most fearful. We tackled one at a time until I was able to wash and sanitize my hands no more than the average Joe. We did "homework" each week where I would have to try to do X and I would report back to her the next week. It really worked! Now it's mostly under control. It still will come out sometimes, especially when I'm stressed or anxious, but I can usually get myself out of it. Sorry for this being so long. I feel like I wrote an essay!
I know in one of your other vids you said you wanted to slow down a bit and explain the topic, but are you okay? you looked a little out of it. I liked this topic by the way, I've only heard of exposure therapy but nothing really about it. what kind of therapy works best with PTSD? I thought this was a cool vid, and I'm excited for the coffee and chat! hope your day is good, Kati ❤
I am fine :) Thanks for your concern! xox Exposure therapy does work well with PTSD, as does CBT and EMDR. It all depends on where you are in the work, how you are doing with it all, and what your therapist thinks is best. xoxo
Hey Kati! I was thinking it might be interesting if you did a video about highly sensitive people, my therapist brought it up in one of our sessions and I've been reading about it recently. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it and how it relates to/coexists with mental illness. Thanks!
You are such an inspirational person! I love every single one of your videos, just recently subscribed! You have helped me so much, especially in starting my education to become a therapist.
A thing that's meant to help with exposure therapy is the drug propranolol, its a beta blocker, what reinforces a phobia is the stress hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline which your body releases when you approach your fear or even just think about your fear, when you panic these chemicals are released which reinforces the fear, by taking propranolol it helps block this reaction within the body as it helps stop your heart racing etc so when you think of the fear the same time you take propranolol the fear doesn't have a profound effect on you like it once did.
Hey Kati, I hate to get off topic, but I was wondering if maybe you might be willing to do a segment on abandonment issues and how they might be linked to other illnesses…?
I think exposure is a part of treatment for many types of anxiety. At least for me, the longer I avoid something scary, the bigger the fear becomes. Of course, though, exposure therapy can be very delicate, so if you're struggling with very crippling fears, it's always best to get professional help!
Hey Kati I just wanted to share this with you and the community because I don't know how to bring it up or even bring it up to my therapist. I feel like my therapist doesn't understand me at all is it just me? I feel like I'm just not understanding myself I feel alone and empty and my MDD is acting up because I just feel really down about this. Hope you or anyone else can give me tips. Thanks everyone!
I had agoraphobia about 2 months ago. It was the hardest thing I have ever been through. Through CBT and exposure therapy I am able to leave the house now. I still have trouble going a certain distance though and I don't want to be alone so we're still using exposure therapy for panic disorder.
My exposure for agoraphobia where I poop myself when I feel trapped in buses, cars,queues etc didn't work. If anything it reinforced my fear and made it worse
Katie! This is totally random, but I wanted to thank you so much for doing these videos. Seriously, thank you so much for spreading awareness, education and compassion towards mental illnesses, even "scary" mental illnesses that no one seems to want to talk about without stigma (like one of my diagnoses). It seriously means the world, especially because you're probably also networking with other therapists to spread this amazing positive mindset. Stigma still exists among people in the psychology field, and it hurts as a patient, so thank you. (and sorry for rambling!)
Hi Kati, I was wondering, since you're a professional, would you be so kind as to look into the Marina Joyce issue and maybe give your input on if Marina seems unstable or on something? I know it wouldn't really fit your channel, but I think it would give a lot of people some perspective to hear from a professional what they think is going on..
I love your hair... My therapist told me that PTSD is only diagnosed when the person is afraid for their life or the lives of those around them.I am not sure what to think because I have symptoms of PTSD and have been diagnosed with it by other clinicians
Now I'm not professional but if most other people say you have it and one person says you don't, your therapist may be incorrect. There are good and bad therapists out there. Once I had a therapist who told me not to call what happened to me sexual assault (it was). She said to call it inappropriate touching instead.
She is correct.. that's how we define PTSD: When you are in a situation which makes you afraid for your life or the lives of others. In the end, it really depends on your symptoms. I find that many of my clients who experienced a trauma when they were young won't always fear for their lives or someone else's. I would bring up your concerns in your next session just so you are clear on what she is saying and why or why not she feels you have PTSD. xoxo
kati can you do a video about adults who self harm, as adults we may have jobs and children and other responsibilities and is it OK to self harm if it helps? and its not hurting anyone else?
I have social anxiety to people who want to be my friend, what should I do? I feel scare because I have trust issue with opposite sex. I feel scare when I get too close with them.
I have a question;Is it exposure therapy when the therapist is helping the client dealing with uncomfortable feelings, memories or desires so that the client can process (and become less overwhelmed and scared) instead of repressing them?
Hi Kati, your videos have been very helpful. Thanks so much. Can you do video on hypnotherapy? Is that helpful if I have bottled up my emotions and sometimes I don't even know how I feel?
Today i had my first therapy session. I dont know how to feel about it. It was very brief less than an hour. and it was a questionnaire based session so i didn't really talk much, i more or less answered yes or no to the questions she asked me. I did want to talk more but didn't know where to start. I don't know if that is a usual first therapy session but i hope they start picking up and getting more in depth. Anyway thanks for your videos i don't feel as alone as i did before (:
Sometimes the first session can feel more like that.. because they are gathering info on you and your history. In the next couple of sessions you should have more time to talk. If that doesn't change, know that you can speak up and let them know you want that.. or look for another therapist :) There are many options and we just want you to find the best one for you. xoxo
***** Yeah i talked to my counselor at school about it she said the therapist was doing more of an intake sort of thing. Thank you for your advise. I am very anxious and any advice is very helpful.
I was wondering how exposure therapy works on someone who disassociates and struggles coming out of it? Would a Flooding experience be a bad tool for my therapist to use if this is the case. She wants to start Monday and I am worried.
Kati have you ever heard of a person developing twitching due to high levels of anxiety and panic? Suffered since a child and now I have something called benign fasciculation syndrome where I twitch 24/7 in several areas of my body. They are blaming it on anxiety seeing all my tests were clean. Thanks!
Ik this is 4 yrs too late, but I ask one favor of you guys- please, do not, I repeat, do NOT use exposure therapy on a TODDLER with ASPERGERS, AUTISM, ADHD or any other DISORDER. It only TRAUMATIZES them even MORE. I'm speaking from personal experience and it did not help. All it does is make me want to cry. It hurt me more than it helped. Please, if someone suggests this for a two year old don't do it... Ask the therapist what kind of therapy she is planning to use if you're unsure. Kids with Aspergers and Autism tend to have a harder time getting across something is bothering them... Then again, this was in 2003- I'd hope we've learned since then-
it is interesting all the talk, I just hope that she is ok & nothing bad has happened to her. My opinion & just my opinion, I think something is not right.
Im wrapping up my IOP for my OCD using exposure therapy. It is amazing. I scored a 33 out of 40 on the sidebox and in the middle of my therapy i webt down to a 22. Tgat was five weeks ago. Im doing one more sidebox tgis week and i will be done with tge program! I used to be borderline agorophobic, i used to have to cross the street when i saw ants, i ate a couple weeks ago. Exposure therapy works, and you become the bwst version of you ever. But the thing im dissapointed in, kati, is that to get over your phobia and OCD is that tou arebt allowed to calm yourself down, you ride the wave and you jump in, wading into exposure therapy is really stupid and takes away valuable time. You are going to freak out, you are going to cry, that's how it works. Your suds will be at a 10 you cant keep it at a 3 the whole time, that doesnt work.
Just think about how God loves everyone, he made everyone and everything, he is greater than everything and yet he can be seen in the smallest things. Do not fear. Do not worry. He will never let you fall if you place yourself in his arms.
Exposure therapy sounds a bit scary... An individual going through PTSD or a phobia tend to try abandoning the situation, right? Here, they relive it?! I'm sure if it's done correctly with the right person, just like you said, though, everything would work out fine. (:
It definitely is hard and can be scary at times.. but that's why it's so important to take your time and have solid ways to relax yourself. No one is rushing you.. you can go at your own pace :) xoxo
so i dont know what videos you look at to get video topics or anything like that but i was hoping maybe you could talk about teen pregnancy, miscarriage and how to handle these things. i was 15 when i lost my virginity and the same day i got pregnant and i didnt tell anyone i got pregnant. i miscarried and i still havent truly handled it and i no longer have a therapist and was hoping you could touch on this topic. i cant seem to find this topic if you have already touched on this. i love you so much and i love your videos. you are amazing and i hope you see this comment.
Hi ! Do you have any resources for MFT students entering into their internship? I’m currently searching for a site and supervisors very very excited ! Any support would be greatly appreciated ! Love your content
As a victim of sexual abuse I need to have an internal examination. But I'm scared, I have PTSD and I'm scared I'll be trigged. Any advice will be really appreciated. Thank you
My new T is going to do the exposure therapy online. I've been diagnosed with PTSD (CPTSD really). My dissociation makes it really hard to ground and stay on track.
Hi Kati. I love your videos and I feel like I learn more about myself and others everyday because of them #foreverakinion I just have a question. How do I become able to tell my therapist things without worrying about how it will affect them because I feel like I can't tell my therapist (or anyone really) about the "bad stuff" because I know they probably have their own stuff to deal with and I don't want to burden them anymore? I know it's definitely not that I need to find another therapist but that I'm just crap at thinking about myself for once. Thank you. #katifaq
I think bringing this up with your therapist can help.. also I would watch some of my videos about building up your self esteem and self confidence. Many of my clients who worry about burdening me end up telling me later that they just didn't think their stress/worries were important enough or felt they should have to figure it out themselves and think something is wrong with them. Try to remember that as a therapist, it's our job to listen to your "bad stuff" and give you a safe place to do it :) It's not going to be too much for us... we have self care rituals we do to overcome that :) But definitely bring it up in session next time and see what your therapist says. xox Cause it's talking about that "bad stuff" that really starts the work. xoxo
I've been putting myself through exposure therapy. Something as simple as walking around downtown Athens, sitting in a coffee shop and reading the local paper was incredibly unnerving for me. I've even improved my social skills by meeting random people on the street, baristas and art shop employees. It's only been three weeks of pushing myself into the world that I've become much more emotionally stable. Now anxiety only comes in waves and not nearly as intense.
Hi Kati, I am enjoying your educational videos. I'm not sure if you had/have experience with working with an individual who suffers from selective mutism (MS) or elective mutism. I am familiar with this disorder but how can an individual work through their "episodes" during a situation where the person has to speak? Is it just as common for adults to have SM as children do? Thanks!
Will Exposure Therapy work for me as I get full on FEAR when I get my panic attacks as well as the constant Physical Symptoms that are just as bad, I have stopped going out because of this but I have no fear of being outside or crowded places its the fear of my symptoms, fear on fear that I cannot control
My therapist and I have been discussing trying exposure therapy for a trauma I went through. She's already explained all of this to me, but it's still good to hear it from someone else! Thanks for the video, Kati, it was really helpful :)
I have used this but its so uncomforteble if people misunderstand why i am looking sceptical when it has nothing to do with no one, i think its called anxity for anxity, it has worked a bit though and thats the good news, but i guess you cant explain to every person you meet this or that, but its weird i think people think your like some big softy pussy when its often just how i react and i even get annoyed and bored with getting some of these thing since i often get unpaticent, i remember with corona there was zero fear of that but i was more concerned about doing all the right thing in none verbal communication lol, its weird like that, i dont get why we make none verbal communication sutch a big deal, i have always said look at what a person dose not what he says he dose, thats were your true values lies, not some popularity contest, in the end its only with yourself
Hi Kati! While it may be helpful I don't trust it or the therapist even you! I wouldn't mention it and If it was "suggested"(actually ordered) I'd quit therapy. I don't want to be micro managed or controlled to be someone else. I came to therapy to be better at just being me! For example, I would like to meet people and maybe go to more parties but at my choosing not a therapist's or yours! I want the same power in my life just like you have in dating. Yes I would enjoy the big shindig just like enjoying a date but when I must say No! Informed consent isn't a blank check to do what you want. IC is there to protect me against the greater power or someone supposedly representing it. It's the same thing like my mom when I wanted dessert after dinner. She said she'll let me have jello not cake. That's the I'm playing it from now on. All relationships must have parameters. Especially enjoyable ones too. Please reply.
This is really helpful information! I've been wondering if this type of therapy might help me make more progress, but with having just recently changed therapists, I unfortunately have to spend a while getting to know the new one, and obviously letting her get to know me first, before its something that I can consider - but I would like to try it some time and thus, really appreciate you sharing this! Thank you! :)
I'm doing the Exposure by Tele Communication Video for my CPTSD. Not sure it's the best option, due to so many intrusive memories. Then we click off the monitor and I have to deal with this on my own. *sigh*
Thank you for clarifying that exposure therapy is NOT what many in popular culture think it is, an excuse to shove someone's triggers down their throats "for their own good."
hello kati! Would you be able to touch on the subject of trauma bonding in one of your videos, if you have not done so already? This is an issue I seem to deal with a lot due to past abusive experiences and you may know more about it than I have been able to find online. Trauma bonding comes along with alot of confusion and guilt, and I feel as if victims are fearful of opening up about this sort of thing, at least I am so i imagine that others would be as well. I feel as if touching on this sort of subject and talking a bit about how to deal with it might benefit other people as well as me. Thankyou thankyou :)
Thanks for this warnings. I'm usually a "whatever it takes" kind of person so i don't always think about the process, just the outcome. I'll be sure to ask some of these questions. Especially since this is a btw treatment experience with a new therapist. I just met him today. He seems really cool and with the times but I've never heard of exposure therapy before. Looking forward to keeping the past in the past and moving forward. So thank again for sharing.
I need this bad. I have extreme arachnophobia and I've been placed in a job in an area where there are so, so many spiders. Everywhere. And I don't think there's anyone who does exposure therapy here, although I am looking into it.
Maybe I tapped too quickly but the flooding technique just made me feel worse. Gradual desensitization would've worked way better for my personality I think. Thanks for the vids
Exposure therapy is truly the treatment of choice for many psychological disorders including phobias, panic attacks, and OCD. Thank you for educating the public about this gold standard treatment, Kati!
#KatiFAQ I am struggling with suicidal idealization a lot lately and I have attempted suicide in the past. I'm really confused with WHEN to reach out for help, HOW to reach out for help, and WHO to reach out to? I do see a therapist weekly. I have told him about my suicidal thoughts. He has told me though, that he is not the person to contact when I am in a "crisis". He has given me resources like suicide hotlines and also of course that I can call 911. In the past I haven't reached out for help until AFTER I have began to harm myself. I don't feel like anyone can really help until I am actually in a "crisis" and harming myself. The thing is the closer I get to a "crisis" the harder it is and I am less likely to reach out for help. Why do I have to wait to be in a full blown "crisis"? Also I feel like the only help I get at that time is to be hospitalized until I'm no longer a threat to myself. My mindset lately is that nobody can truly help me, so I often ask myself WHY ask for help?
I will definitely create a video about this asap! I think this is important info for people to know. So stay tuned for that. As for who.. your therapist is the person (at least in CA.. and we are trained intensely on how to deal with suicide).. hotlines also work, in my experience you can take yourself to the hospital at any time. Even before you have started harming yourself (which is my goal for my clients.. so they are safe always). There are trained professionals at every hospital who will see you and assess what is going on. If you tell them you fear that you will hurt yourself and wanted to be kept safe (also give them your history of it). they should be able to keep you there and keep you safe. xoxo I hope this helps a bit.. and like I said, I will film a video about it asap!! xoo
Can you make another video on BPD but from the DSM 5? And maybe show the difference from the DSM IV? It makes me so confused because the criterion in the DSM 5 sounds complicated and uses big words, unlike the DSM IV which is easier to understand. #katiFAQ
Flooding: a behavioral technique used to treat phobias (e.g., fear of spiders) when we are flooded with the object of our fear (buckets of spiders) until the fear disappears. Contrasts with fading procedures when the object of our fear is introduced gradually (one teensy spider at a time), and generally preferred avoidance procedures when we eliminate (shoe on spider) the fearful object once and for all. From Dr. Mezmer’s World of Bad Psychology, at an internet near you!
#katifaq Hi Kati, I was wondering if you could do a video on triggers. I just started this group therapy program and I find myself getting very very nervous about going and I have really bad social anxiety. I feel I am getting triggered by the stress about having to go and it is making it hard to recover from my self harm.. What should I do? I also just got switched to a new therapist in the program because the one I was seeing switched jobs and I can't talk to my new one. I did not have this problem with my first one, sure I was nervous but at least I could do the hour session, with my new one I'm lucky if I sit there 20-30minutes. He doesn't say anything and it makes it even worse for me.
Could You send to me or Tell some paper/book/material teaching How to use imagery techniques in cognitive or behavior therapy? That's something to solve imagery that comes with feelings like fear and works like a trauma.
Do you have any recommendations for exposure therapy for panic disorder with agoraphobia? I work on it with my therapist but I get stuck on one step which is I go out to one place for a half hour (or less) and then go home. I can't go anywhere crowded.. I don't work in the summer so I've been doing more exposure but I can't seem to move past where I'm at. She wants me to try to drive somewhere alone (because I go with my mom) and go in but I know I'll panic if I try. I have before. :/
Hey Kati, I know this is kind of long but if possible, I would like to hear your thoughts on the following scenario: You're in a CBT group with elements of exposure therapy. From the team of therapists, a few are mentors. Out of those few, there is one specific therapist you seem to connect with (idealised transference?) however, this person is unavailable due to the limited amount of people that can be mentored by one person. Repeated attempts to voice this 'need' have resulted in negative transference to (some of) the other therapists. You begin to question your own thoughts and needs and you feel stuck with feelings of rejection, alienation and loneliness. This situation then begins to fuel the problem as you're beginning to withhold your thoughts and emotions; avoidance becomes standard. I personally think it's reasonable to want that bit of extra support from the idealised person to boost the therapeutic process. Having to do without this person continues to bug me and slow me down. As a result, I can't really focus and work as efficiently on my goals. With the therapy ending soon (after 1 year), I feel desperate because of the idea that I could have achieved more. I can't seem to let go of the frustration caused by this but mindfulness helps a little. I don't know if this is normal. Am I just crazy or is this all part of CBT?
Hey Katie I have a question, I was watching one of your videos on toxic people, and I'm kind of in a situation where I'm not really able to be around healthy people all of the time to balance out all of the toxic. I live in a toxic environment and I'm 17 so I can't move out from my family (the toxic people) they are constant reminders of trauma I'm working through and my treatment team is referring me to a rtf. I don't want to go to an rtf because of missing my senior year of high school? I know I could just do the work in the rtf but I have grown strong relationships with some of the teachers in the school, and I also have bpd, could this be a reason why I'm terrified of leaving my teachers? Do you have any kind of advise for someone in this kind of situation?
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I did exposure therapy because of my social anxiety it was scary at first but it really helped me a lot. I work and retail now and I'm still a little shy but I can walk up to my customers now without feeling so overwhelmed.
Thank you SO much for sharing your experience! I am glad it was so helpful to you :) xoxo
Ashtin Paulet good progress
That’s so awesome! I’m so happy for you 😊
I wish you were my therapist.
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Me too
Me too!
I definitely have a love hate relationship with exposure therapy it works but man doing it is hard!
I second that! It's one of those things that you hate in the moment but love/find helpful afterward, like running haha.
I agree. It's like impossible the very first moment you will get exposed. But after surviving that first exposure you feel you have made progress.
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I found exposure therapy to be extremely helpful. I also think it's really important to have a good relationship with your therapist before starting exposure therapy so you can trust that your therapist would never put you in any actual harm.
Couldn't agree more!! It is very important to have a good relationship with your therapist. Thanks for adding that in and sharing your experience!! xoxo
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I've been in therapy since Feb and I've just realised my therapist has been doing exposure therapy for my PTSD.. Especially the flooding part, it's really helped me. Thanks for this video.
This month I'm going to force myself to take a hr walk 2 or 3 times a week in my neighborhood.
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Exposure therapy really changed my life. I went from being effectually terrified of socializing in school, to leading a small company and being sort of a social butterfly. Now I am a true extrovert. Treating ADHD (Adderall and Intuniv) was hugely helpful for quieting my mind, too... So it may not always just be "anxiety".. But one must train the brain. Good video
What are your thoughts on Exposure Therapy?
I think it's great! I did it with my therapist when I was in high school and had really bad OCD. My hands were always dry and on the verge of cracking because not only did I wash my hands all the time, I had to wash them 3 times every time, *especially* after doing the dishes, and then there was my hand sanitzer use...so my therapist basically made a ladder of my fears with the lowest rung being my least fearful thing, and the top being the most fearful. We tackled one at a time until I was able to wash and sanitize my hands no more than the average Joe. We did "homework" each week where I would have to try to do X and I would report back to her the next week. It really worked! Now it's mostly under control. It still will come out sometimes, especially when I'm stressed or anxious, but I can usually get myself out of it. Sorry for this being so long. I feel like I wrote an essay!
I know in one of your other vids you said you wanted to slow down a bit and explain the topic, but are you okay? you looked a little out of it.
I liked this topic by the way, I've only heard of exposure therapy but nothing really about it. what kind of therapy works best with PTSD? I thought this was a cool vid, and I'm excited for the coffee and chat! hope your day is good, Kati ❤
Exposure Therapy sounds really interesting, I can see how it can really help people with traumatic experiences.
Yeah.. it definitely can help :) xoox
I am fine :) Thanks for your concern! xox Exposure therapy does work well with PTSD, as does CBT and EMDR. It all depends on where you are in the work, how you are doing with it all, and what your therapist thinks is best. xoxo
Your videos always make me happy. I'm in therapy and like the extra information on what you talk about.
That is so great to hear :) xxoo
Hey Kati! I was thinking it might be interesting if you did a video about highly sensitive people, my therapist brought it up in one of our sessions and I've been reading about it recently. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it and how it relates to/coexists with mental illness. Thanks!
You are such an inspirational person! I love every single one of your videos, just recently subscribed! You have helped me so much, especially in starting my education to become a therapist.
A thing that's meant to help with exposure therapy is the drug propranolol, its a beta blocker, what reinforces a phobia is the stress hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline which your body releases when you approach your fear or even just think about your fear, when you panic these chemicals are released which reinforces the fear, by taking propranolol it helps block this reaction within the body as it helps stop your heart racing etc so when you think of the fear the same time you take propranolol the fear doesn't have a profound effect on you like it once did.
Thanks for the video kati, I'm learning about exposure therapy in my psychology class at the moment, and this is really informative 😊
Yay! Glad this could help with school work :)
Hey Kati, I hate to get off topic, but I was wondering if maybe you might be willing to do a segment on abandonment issues and how they might be linked to other illnesses…?
Your videos are very informative.
Kindly make a video on systematic decensitization.
great video kati,i wish you were in the UK as i would be banging at your door!
you have a great way of putting information across!
Awe I am so glad you found it helpful and informative!! I hope to come to the UK soon as well :) xox
I think exposure is a part of treatment for many types of anxiety. At least for me, the longer I avoid something scary, the bigger the fear becomes. Of course, though, exposure therapy can be very delicate, so if you're struggling with very crippling fears, it's always best to get professional help!
Hey Kati I just wanted to share this with you and the community because I don't know how to bring it up or even bring it up to my therapist. I feel like my therapist doesn't understand me at all is it just me? I feel like I'm just not understanding myself I feel alone and empty and my MDD is acting up because I just feel really down about this. Hope you or anyone else can give me tips. Thanks everyone!
Hey Catherine!, I hope you are feeling better now, but it is not... please change your therapist.
Hi, Kati. I just wanted to let you know that I greatly appreciate your videos. They are very helpful!
I'm currently having exposure therapy for agoraphobia, it's definitely hard but it's worth it!
I had agoraphobia about 2 months ago. It was the hardest thing I have ever been through. Through CBT and exposure therapy I am able to leave the house now. I still have trouble going a certain distance though and I don't want to be alone so we're still using exposure therapy for panic disorder.
Napsaly i know this was 3 years ago but how are you now!
My exposure for agoraphobia where I poop myself when I feel trapped in buses, cars,queues etc didn't work. If anything it reinforced my fear and made it worse
Katie! This is totally random, but I wanted to thank you so much for doing these videos. Seriously, thank you so much for spreading awareness, education and compassion towards mental illnesses, even "scary" mental illnesses that no one seems to want to talk about without stigma (like one of my diagnoses). It seriously means the world, especially because you're probably also networking with other therapists to spread this amazing positive mindset. Stigma still exists among people in the psychology field, and it hurts as a patient, so thank you. (and sorry for rambling!)
GREAT video Kati! I was wondering your thought on Biphasic sleep, polyphasic sleep, and monophasic sleep. BTW your livestreams are AMAZING! xoxo
Hi Kati, I was wondering, since you're a professional, would you be so kind as to look into the Marina Joyce issue and maybe give your input on if Marina seems unstable or on something? I know it wouldn't really fit your channel, but I think it would give a lot of people some perspective to hear from a professional what they think is going on..
I love your hair... My therapist told me that PTSD is only diagnosed when the person is afraid for their life or the lives of those around them.I am not sure what to think because I have symptoms of PTSD and have been diagnosed with it by other clinicians
Now I'm not professional but if most other people say you have it and one person says you don't, your therapist may be incorrect. There are good and bad therapists out there. Once I had a therapist who told me not to call what happened to me sexual assault (it was). She said to call it inappropriate touching instead.
She is correct.. that's how we define PTSD: When you are in a situation which makes you afraid for your life or the lives of others. In the end, it really depends on your symptoms. I find that many of my clients who experienced a trauma when they were young won't always fear for their lives or someone else's. I would bring up your concerns in your next session just so you are clear on what she is saying and why or why not she feels you have PTSD. xoxo
kati can you do a video about adults who self harm, as adults we may have jobs and children and other responsibilities and is it OK to self harm if it helps? and its not hurting anyone else?
I actually have a video about your question.. although it's not geared towards adults.. hopefully it helps: th-cam.com/video/7Gwkk3QMwXg/w-d-xo.html
I have social anxiety to people who want to be my friend, what should I do? I feel scare because I have trust issue with opposite sex. I feel scare when I get too close with them.
I have a question;Is it exposure therapy when the therapist is helping the client dealing with uncomfortable feelings, memories or desires so that the client can process (and become less overwhelmed and scared) instead of repressing them?
Hi Kati, your videos have been very helpful. Thanks so much. Can you do video on hypnotherapy? Is that helpful if I have bottled up my emotions and sometimes I don't even know how I feel?
Brilliant video. In the UK it's near on impossible to be able to get consistent therapy to do exposure therapy with you. Grr.
Today i had my first therapy session. I dont know how to feel about it. It was very brief less than an hour. and it was a questionnaire based session so i didn't really talk much, i more or less answered yes or no to the questions she asked me. I did want to talk more but didn't know where to start. I don't know if that is a usual first therapy session but i hope they start picking up and getting more in depth. Anyway thanks for your videos i don't feel as alone as i did before (:
Sometimes the first session can feel more like that.. because they are gathering info on you and your history. In the next couple of sessions you should have more time to talk. If that doesn't change, know that you can speak up and let them know you want that.. or look for another therapist :) There are many options and we just want you to find the best one for you. xoxo
***** Yeah i talked to my counselor at school about it she said the therapist was doing more of an intake sort of thing. Thank you for your advise. I am very anxious and any advice is very helpful.
I was wondering how exposure therapy works on someone who disassociates and struggles coming out of it? Would a Flooding experience be a bad tool for my therapist to use if this is the case. She wants to start Monday and I am worried.
Exposure sucks a lot, but it really does help and is worth it
Yeah it can be really really hard. xoxo
First :) nice video Kati, very informative.
Btw I love your shirt.
So glad you liked it honey!! Oh and that's one of my old katimorton t-shirts from back in the day!!! xoxox
Kati have you ever heard of a person developing twitching due to high levels of anxiety and panic? Suffered since a child and now I have something called benign fasciculation syndrome where I twitch 24/7 in several areas of my body. They are blaming it on anxiety seeing all my tests were clean. Thanks!
Ik this is 4 yrs too late, but I ask one favor of you guys- please, do not, I repeat, do NOT use exposure therapy on a TODDLER with ASPERGERS, AUTISM, ADHD or any other DISORDER. It only TRAUMATIZES them even MORE. I'm speaking from personal experience and it did not help. All it does is make me want to cry. It hurt me more than it helped. Please, if someone suggests this for a two year old don't do it... Ask the therapist what kind of therapy she is planning to use if you're unsure. Kids with Aspergers and Autism tend to have a harder time getting across something is bothering them... Then again, this was in 2003- I'd hope we've learned since then-
Currently on CBT, it's amazing. I've almost overcomed my lifelong shark fobia and I've been going for a month only
That is so amazing!! I am glad it's helping you :) xoxo
hey kati please can you do a video on marina joyce! I'd love to know your opinion from a therapists point! thank you x
it is interesting all the talk, I just hope that she is ok & nothing bad has happened to her. My opinion & just my opinion, I think something is not right.
Im wrapping up my IOP for my OCD using exposure therapy. It is amazing. I scored a 33 out of 40 on the sidebox and in the middle of my therapy i webt down to a 22. Tgat was five weeks ago. Im doing one more sidebox tgis week and i will be done with tge program! I used to be borderline agorophobic, i used to have to cross the street when i saw ants, i ate a couple weeks ago. Exposure therapy works, and you become the bwst version of you ever. But the thing im dissapointed in, kati, is that to get over your phobia and OCD is that tou arebt allowed to calm yourself down, you ride the wave and you jump in, wading into exposure therapy is really stupid and takes away valuable time. You are going to freak out, you are going to cry, that's how it works. Your suds will be at a 10 you cant keep it at a 3 the whole time, that doesnt work.
Just think about how God loves everyone, he made everyone and everything, he is greater than everything and yet he can be seen in the smallest things. Do not fear. Do not worry. He will never let you fall if you place yourself in his arms.
KATI WHY ARE YOU SO Beautiful 😍 you have the cutest face
Awe you are so sweet :) xxoo
I have an intense fear of animatronics and just thinking of exposure therapy with one...I’d probably have a panic attack
I wonder if the therapist would use Five Nights at Freddy's for the sessions. lmao
I have a phobia of driving and planes and it's ruining my life ... Ive never looked for help but maybe this is what I need
Exposure therapy sounds a bit scary... An individual going through PTSD or a phobia tend to try abandoning the situation, right? Here, they relive it?! I'm sure if it's done correctly with the right person, just like you said, though, everything would work out fine. (:
It definitely is hard and can be scary at times.. but that's why it's so important to take your time and have solid ways to relax yourself. No one is rushing you.. you can go at your own pace :) xoxo
Is there a way to help yourself without a therapist but not being re-traumatized?
Hi Kati, Great channel! Do you have any thoughts on how to treat central sensitivity syndrome (CSS)?
thx for another awesomely ha bisky vid and i am moving to DC in sept 4ish most likely
Is this the same as Narrative Exposure Therapy?
My husband completed exposure therapy over 2 years and has helped a whole lot.
so i dont know what videos you look at to get video topics or anything like that but i was hoping maybe you could talk about teen pregnancy, miscarriage and how to handle these things. i was 15 when i lost my virginity and the same day i got pregnant and i didnt tell anyone i got pregnant. i miscarried and i still havent truly handled it and i no longer have a therapist and was hoping you could touch on this topic. i cant seem to find this topic if you have already touched on this. i love you so much and i love your videos. you are amazing and i hope you see this comment.
Is taking medicines for life long for this problem ?
Hi ! Do you have any resources for MFT students entering into their internship? I’m currently searching for a site and supervisors very very excited ! Any support would be greatly appreciated ! Love your content
As a victim of sexual abuse I need to have an internal examination. But I'm scared, I have PTSD and I'm scared I'll be trigged. Any advice will be really appreciated. Thank you
My new T is going to do the exposure therapy online. I've been diagnosed with PTSD (CPTSD really). My dissociation makes it really hard to ground and stay on track.
Hi Kati. I love your videos and I feel like I learn more about myself and others everyday because of them #foreverakinion I just have a question. How do I become able to tell my therapist things without worrying about how it will affect them because I feel like I can't tell my therapist (or anyone really) about the "bad stuff" because I know they probably have their own stuff to deal with and I don't want to burden them anymore? I know it's definitely not that I need to find another therapist but that I'm just crap at thinking about myself for once. Thank you. #katifaq
I think bringing this up with your therapist can help.. also I would watch some of my videos about building up your self esteem and self confidence. Many of my clients who worry about burdening me end up telling me later that they just didn't think their stress/worries were important enough or felt they should have to figure it out themselves and think something is wrong with them. Try to remember that as a therapist, it's our job to listen to your "bad stuff" and give you a safe place to do it :) It's not going to be too much for us... we have self care rituals we do to overcome that :) But definitely bring it up in session next time and see what your therapist says. xox Cause it's talking about that "bad stuff" that really starts the work. xoxo
@@Katimorton so true ❤️❤️❤️
I've been putting myself through exposure therapy. Something as simple as walking around downtown Athens, sitting in a coffee shop and reading the local paper was incredibly unnerving for me. I've even improved my social skills by meeting random people on the street, baristas and art shop employees.
It's only been three weeks of pushing myself into the world that I've become much more emotionally stable. Now anxiety only comes in waves and not nearly as intense.
Hi Kati, I am enjoying your educational videos. I'm not sure if you had/have experience with working with an individual who suffers from selective mutism (MS) or elective mutism. I am familiar with this disorder but how can an individual work through their "episodes" during a situation where the person has to speak? Is it just as common for adults to have SM as children do? Thanks!
Will Exposure Therapy work for me as I get full on FEAR when I get my panic attacks as well as the constant Physical Symptoms that are just as bad, I have stopped going out because of this but I have no fear of being outside or crowded places its the fear of my symptoms, fear on fear that I cannot control
How about misophonia?
How about misophonia?
They forced flooding on me I did not consent.
I am being murdered.
I said no.
Gang stalking torture bullshit.
I said no!
I don't think therapy of any sort would work on me
You never know til you try! I'm glad you watched the video Crystal. :)
Would this apply to social phobia as well? Love your vids! xo
Yes it would.
Yes it applies.
Could this be used to help you get over someone (crush/relationship).
My therapist and I have been discussing trying exposure therapy for a trauma I went through. She's already explained all of this to me, but it's still good to hear it from someone else! Thanks for the video, Kati, it was really helpful :)
I am so glad you found it helpful :) Yay! xoxo
I have used this but its so uncomforteble if people misunderstand why i am looking sceptical when it has nothing to do with no one, i think its called anxity for anxity, it has worked a bit though and thats the good news, but i guess you cant explain to every person you meet this or that, but its weird i think people think your like some big softy pussy when its often just how i react and i even get annoyed and bored with getting some of these thing since i often get unpaticent, i remember with corona there was zero fear of that but i was more concerned about doing all the right thing in none verbal communication lol, its weird like that, i dont get why we make none verbal communication sutch a big deal, i have always said look at what a person dose not what he says he dose, thats were your true values lies, not some popularity contest, in the end its only with yourself
Well everytime I go to watch it,i start getting anxiety. I'll try again to watch it
Hi Kati! While it may be helpful I don't trust it or the therapist even you! I wouldn't mention it and If it was "suggested"(actually ordered) I'd quit therapy. I don't want to be micro managed or controlled to be someone else. I came to therapy to be better at just being me! For example, I would like to meet people and maybe go to more parties but at my choosing not a therapist's or yours! I want the same power in my life just like you have in dating. Yes I would enjoy the big shindig just like enjoying a date but when I must say No! Informed consent isn't a blank check to do what you want. IC is there to protect me against the greater power or someone supposedly representing it. It's the same thing like my mom when I wanted dessert after dinner. She said she'll let me have jello not cake. That's the I'm playing it from now on. All relationships must have parameters. Especially enjoyable ones too. Please reply.
Flooding
Gradual desensitization
Exposure therapy
thank you for discussing this
I love your videos!
I don't think this video was about exposure therapy, it was about getting a qualified therapist and what exposure therapy is used to treat.
Kati, do you believe in God? Because it's always Psychology ( Reality ) vs Religion ( Beyond )
This is really helpful information! I've been wondering if this type of therapy might help me make more progress, but with having just recently changed therapists, I unfortunately have to spend a while getting to know the new one, and obviously letting her get to know me first, before its something that I can consider - but I would like to try it some time and thus, really appreciate you sharing this! Thank you! :)
Exercise can be exposure?
I'm doing the Exposure by Tele Communication Video for my CPTSD. Not sure it's the best option, due to so many intrusive memories. Then we click off the monitor and I have to deal with this on my own. *sigh*
My mom thinks pitying me in theatre arts will help me... -.- I don’t think so
This is my first time hearing exposure therapy and it sounds very scary for me. 🥶
I need exposure therapy program I want to talk to strangers girls on the streets ect help me out
Thank you for clarifying that exposure therapy is NOT what many in popular culture think it is, an excuse to shove someone's triggers down their throats "for their own good."
I said I don’t want to do it.
They won’t stop.
i just get worse!! Why ?! Or maybe it's i whent to a bad one?
Pls be my therapist
How long time does it take to get the result for social phobia
Relaxation technique
Breathing technique
hello kati!
Would you be able to touch on the subject of trauma bonding in one of your videos, if you have not done so already? This is an issue I seem to deal with a lot due to past abusive experiences and you may know more about it than I have been able to find online. Trauma bonding comes along with alot of confusion and guilt, and I feel as if victims are fearful of opening up about this sort of thing, at least I am so i imagine that others would be as well. I feel as if touching on this sort of subject and talking a bit about how to deal with it might benefit other people as well as me. Thankyou thankyou :)
Thanks for this warnings. I'm usually a "whatever it takes" kind of person so i don't always think about the process, just the outcome. I'll be sure to ask some of these questions. Especially since this is a btw treatment experience with a new therapist. I just met him today. He seems really cool and with the times but I've never heard of exposure therapy before. Looking forward to keeping the past in the past and moving forward. So thank again for sharing.
Love your videos you have angel cool face!!
I need this bad. I have extreme arachnophobia and I've been placed in a job in an area where there are so, so many spiders. Everywhere. And I don't think there's anyone who does exposure therapy here, although I am looking into it.
Maybe I tapped too quickly but the flooding technique just made me feel worse. Gradual desensitization would've worked way better for my personality I think. Thanks for the vids
Thank you for this!
Exposure therapy is truly the treatment of choice for many psychological disorders including phobias, panic attacks, and OCD. Thank you for educating the public about this gold standard treatment, Kati!
#KatiFAQ I am struggling with suicidal idealization a lot lately and I have attempted suicide in the past. I'm really confused with WHEN to reach out for help, HOW to reach out for help, and WHO to reach out to? I do see a therapist weekly. I have told him about my suicidal thoughts. He has told me though, that he is not the person to contact when I am in a "crisis". He has given me resources like suicide hotlines and also of course that I can call 911. In the past I haven't reached out for help until AFTER I have began to harm myself. I don't feel like anyone can really help until I am actually in a "crisis" and harming myself. The thing is the closer I get to a "crisis" the harder it is and I am less likely to reach out for help. Why do I have to wait to be in a full blown "crisis"? Also I feel like the only help I get at that time is to be hospitalized until I'm no longer a threat to myself. My mindset lately is that nobody can truly help me, so I often ask myself WHY ask for help?
I will definitely create a video about this asap! I think this is important info for people to know. So stay tuned for that. As for who.. your therapist is the person (at least in CA.. and we are trained intensely on how to deal with suicide).. hotlines also work, in my experience you can take yourself to the hospital at any time. Even before you have started harming yourself (which is my goal for my clients.. so they are safe always). There are trained professionals at every hospital who will see you and assess what is going on. If you tell them you fear that you will hurt yourself and wanted to be kept safe (also give them your history of it). they should be able to keep you there and keep you safe. xoxo I hope this helps a bit.. and like I said, I will film a video about it asap!! xoo
Can you make another video on BPD but from the DSM 5? And maybe show the difference from the DSM IV? It makes me so confused because the criterion in the DSM 5 sounds complicated and uses big words, unlike the DSM IV which is easier to understand. #katiFAQ
Flooding: a behavioral technique used to treat phobias (e.g., fear of spiders) when we are flooded with the object of our fear (buckets of spiders) until the fear disappears. Contrasts with fading procedures when the object of our fear is introduced gradually (one teensy spider at a time), and generally preferred avoidance procedures when we eliminate (shoe on spider) the fearful object once and for all.
From Dr. Mezmer’s World of Bad Psychology, at an internet near you!
#katifaq
Hi Kati, I was wondering if you could do a video on triggers. I just started this group therapy program and I find myself getting very very nervous about going and I have really bad social anxiety. I feel I am getting triggered by the stress about having to go and it is making it hard to recover from my self harm.. What should I do? I also just got switched to a new therapist in the program because the one I was seeing switched jobs and I can't talk to my new one. I did not have this problem with my first one, sure I was nervous but at least I could do the hour session, with my new one I'm lucky if I sit there 20-30minutes. He doesn't say anything and it makes it even worse for me.
Could You send to me or Tell some paper/book/material teaching How to use imagery techniques in cognitive or behavior therapy?
That's something to solve imagery that comes with feelings like fear and works like a trauma.
Do you have any recommendations for exposure therapy for panic disorder with agoraphobia? I work on it with my therapist but I get stuck on one step which is I go out to one place for a half hour (or less) and then go home. I can't go anywhere crowded.. I don't work in the summer so I've been doing more exposure but I can't seem to move past where I'm at. She wants me to try to drive somewhere alone (because I go with my mom) and go in but I know I'll panic if I try. I have before. :/
Hey Kati,
I know this is kind of long but if possible, I would like to hear your thoughts on the following scenario:
You're in a CBT group with elements of exposure therapy. From the team of therapists, a few are mentors. Out of those few, there is one specific therapist you seem to connect with (idealised transference?) however, this person is unavailable due to the limited amount of people that can be mentored by one person. Repeated attempts to voice this 'need' have resulted in negative transference to (some of) the other therapists. You begin to question your own thoughts and needs and you feel stuck with feelings of rejection, alienation and loneliness. This situation then begins to fuel the problem as you're beginning to withhold your thoughts and emotions; avoidance becomes standard.
I personally think it's reasonable to want that bit of extra support from the idealised person to boost the therapeutic process. Having to do without this person continues to bug me and slow me down.
As a result, I can't really focus and work as efficiently on my goals.
With the therapy ending soon (after 1 year), I feel desperate because of the idea that I could have achieved more.
I can't seem to let go of the frustration caused by this but mindfulness helps a little.
I don't know if this is normal. Am I just crazy or is this all part of CBT?
Hey Katie I have a question, I was watching one of your videos on toxic people, and I'm kind of in a situation where I'm not really able to be around healthy people all of the time to balance out all of the toxic. I live in a toxic environment and I'm 17 so I can't move out from my family (the toxic people) they are constant reminders of trauma I'm working through and my treatment team is referring me to a rtf. I don't want to go to an rtf because of missing my senior year of high school? I know I could just do the work in the rtf but I have grown strong relationships with some of the teachers in the school, and I also have bpd, could this be a reason why I'm terrified of leaving my teachers? Do you have any kind of advise for someone in this kind of situation?