take action Archives - Alicia H. Clark PsyD https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/tag/take-action/ Licensed Psychologists, Washington DC Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:37:09 +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 take action Archives - Alicia H. Clark PsyD https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/tag/take-action/ 32 32 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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