You searched for caring - Alicia H. Clark PsyD https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/ Licensed Psychologists, Washington DC Sat, 20 Jan 2024 16:53:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Favicon-squiggle-4-150x150.png You searched for caring - Alicia H. Clark PsyD https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/ 32 32 6 Ways Grief Can Make You Wonder If You’ll Ever Be OK https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/6-ways-grief-can-make-wonder-youll-ever-ok/ https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/6-ways-grief-can-make-wonder-youll-ever-ok/#comments Sat, 20 Jan 2024 16:32:10 +0000 http://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=3691 With the holidays and early winter being statistically the most popular season to die, late winter can be a time of grief for many survivors left to face life without a loved one – an experience that can feel overwhelming, destabilizing, and confusing. We all know that it is normal to feel sad for a…

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]]> https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/6-ways-grief-can-make-wonder-youll-ever-ok/feed/ 34 How To Stop Feeling Guilty That You’re Screwing Up Your Anxious Kid (You’re Not) https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/how-to-stop-feeling-guilty-that-youre-screwing-up-your-anxious-kid-youre-not/ Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:47:17 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=11509 As a parent, it isn’t always easy to know how to stop feeling guilty especially when it comes to our children, and seeing them overwhelmed with anxiety. Not only do you blame yourself when you see them distraught, you worry about screwing them up further by responding the “wrong” way.  In feeling so much guilt…

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]]> What is Anxiety, What is an Anxiety Disorder, and Why Defining It Matters https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/defining-what-is-anxiety/ Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:19:10 +0000 https://staging.aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=9291 As a practicing psychologist for over 20 years, the question of “what is anxiety” is one that has led many conversations in my office. People often want to know what is an anxiety disorder and if they could have one. What I have learned is that most of us have a sense of what we…

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]]> Father’s Day: What Dad Really Wants This Year https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/fathers-day-what-dad-really-wants/ Wed, 17 Jun 2020 23:15:58 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=11440 Moms and kids, this year you scratched your heads, wondering what dad really wants for Father’s Day. While you might scratch your head on this question every year, you’re especially wondering this year since – due to COVID-19 restrictions – many of the usual destination options are out. Sure, you can order something online (there’s…

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]]> Worried You Can’t Handle Anxiety About Coronavirus (COVID-19)? https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/cant-handle-anxiety/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 19:57:04 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=10968 No matter how you are affected by Coronavirus (COVID19), chances are high you are feeling stress and anxiety. And you wouldn’t be human if you didn’t occasionally feel like you can’t handle anxiety about it all. How could we not feel a bit overwhelmed by the myriad demands for change in our lives and routines,…

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]]> Is The Covid-19 Virus Making You Anxious? https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/is-the-covid-19-virus-making-you-anxious/ https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/is-the-covid-19-virus-making-you-anxious/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2020 18:31:05 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=10954 Is the Covid-19 virus making you anxious? You bet it is. Most of the folks I’ve talked to this week are feeling it – I even helped with an evening news segment on this very issue. The corona virus isn’t just threatening our health, routines, and retirement accounts, it’s impacting our anxiety too. How could…

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]]> https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/is-the-covid-19-virus-making-you-anxious/feed/ 2 Wondering How To Get Rid Of Brain Fog? Take This Survey And Find Out https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/find-out-how-to-get-rid-of-brain-fog/ https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/find-out-how-to-get-rid-of-brain-fog/#comments Sat, 25 Jan 2020 02:02:53 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=10892 Brain fog. It seems to go hand in hand with chronic stress, life change, or just plain fatigue. You feel like your memory’s shot, your thought process is cloudy, and you wonder how this phenomenon crept up on you to be your new normal. You find yourself wondering how to get rid of brain fog,…

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]]> https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/find-out-how-to-get-rid-of-brain-fog/feed/ 1 Want To Raise A Courageous Child? First You Have To Teach Them To Tolerate Their Anxiety https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/want-to-raise-a-courageous-child-first-you-have-to-teach-them-to-tolerate-their-anxiety/ https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/want-to-raise-a-courageous-child-first-you-have-to-teach-them-to-tolerate-their-anxiety/#comments Sat, 11 Jan 2020 16:23:52 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=10842 Courage doesn’t come naturally, and is never easy for an anxious child. A courageous child has learned that courage is a choice that can be practiced. An experience that follows from fear and anxiety, courage is fundamentally the decision to focus on something more important than fear. Especially for an anxious child, when facing something…

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]]> https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/want-to-raise-a-courageous-child-first-you-have-to-teach-them-to-tolerate-their-anxiety/feed/ 1 Common Hot Button Issues For Parents Of Struggling Teens https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/common-hot-button-issues-for-parents-of-struggling-teens/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 18:53:46 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=10845 For parents who run anxious, worry about making major parenting mistakes and how bad the repercussions will be seems to go with the parenting territory. Not just in the moment, but for the long-term, the consequences of our choices can haunt even the most confident parent. There are no rule books for parenting, and we…

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]]> 5 Supportive Strategies Every Parent Of An Anxious Teen Should Know https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/5-strategies-every-parent-of-an-anxious-teen-should-know/ Wed, 18 Dec 2019 20:03:05 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=10828 If you have an anxious teen, chances are you’re feeling anxious yourself. You worry about how you can best help, or even if you are capable of helping them. And you worry whether the best answer is to insist that s/he get professional help. Your worry shows you care – a lot. It means that…

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