growth Archives - Alicia H. Clark PsyD https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/tag/growth/ Licensed Psychologists, Washington DC Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:17:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Favicon-squiggle-4-150x150.png growth Archives - Alicia H. Clark PsyD https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/tag/growth/ 32 32 Bouncing Back and Moving On https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/bouncing-back-and-moving-on/ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:20:12 +0000 http://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=516 Bouncing Back and Moving On Moderated Panel International Conference, Buenaventura, Panama. January 22, 2014. Highlights: Don’t we all hope, and even expect, that if we study hard at school, work hard in the career we’ve chosen, and trust our choices, success will follow success in a linear fashion; that these efforts and decisions will insulate us from…

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]]> Managing Anxiety in a Crisis: 3 Steps to Thrive https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/managing-anxiety-in-a-crisis/ Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:19:28 +0000 http://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=673 A crisis happens in an instant, and our anxiety adaptively rises to the occasion to assist us in quickly handling it. However, too much anxiety can be a hindrance. Yerkses Dodson curve underscores this visually – we need enough anxiety to function adaptively, but too much cripples us (see below).  In a crisis, we often…

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]]> Growing through Life Change: Turning Anxiety into Action https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/anxiety-into-action/ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 22:32:45 +0000 http://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=514 Growing through Life Change Salon Topic at The Belizean Grove/Tara Fall Mini Conference in Washington DC September 27, 2013 Handout: Anxiety can be debilitating and it is not uncommon to get trapped in a downward spiral. Yet anxiety, in and of itself, is not necessarily a bad thing – It is probably the most powerful and…

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