Dr. Tamar Chansky, Ph.D.
Dr. Tamar Chansky is a licensed psychologist, the Founder of the Children’s and Adult Center for OCD and Anxiety in Plymouth Meeting, PA. Dr. Chansky is also the author of the numerous popular books on overcoming anxiety and negative thinking, including Freeing Your Child from Anxiety, Freeing Your Child from Negative Thinking and Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Her work has been translated into numerous languages. Her recent book, Freeing Yourself from Anxiety: 4 Simple Steps to Overcome Worry and Create the Life You Want, offers adults powerful, practical, and easy-to-implement strategies for leading their life on a different track than the worry track.

How to Manage Anxiety

A woman is stressed out as her children talk to her and the words 'What if?' float about her head.
What if? These are usually the first two words that people with anxiety think when they are worrying. What follows are chains of intrusive, catastrophic thoughts that can be so distressing and distracting that they interfere with daily living. Racing ahead and making negative or threat-oriented predictions about the future comes from our ancient survival system doing what it thinks it needs to do to protect us....
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