Eric Ryan's Profile
Biography
Dr. Eric Ryan is one of Sonoma County's leading psychologists. He currently has a private practice in Santa Rosa, California. Formally, he chaired the Anxiety Disorder Best Practices for Northern California Kaiser-Permanente Psychiatry and Chemical Dependency services authoring specific Best Practices for PTSD, OCD, Panic Disorder, and Social Anxiety Disorder. He was also the Training Director for the Post Doctoral Psychology Residency Program for Santa Rosa Kaiser Psychiatry & Chemical Dependency Services. Please visit his website: www.docericryan.com
Eric Ryan's articles
If you have an anxiety disorder, a basic question that you may ask yourself is: “How do I get better?” If you happen to bring this up to your doctor, they are very likely to prescribe you a drug without even mentioning the most effective, scientifically validated treatment around: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT for short.
Posted: 2011-08-24
Category: Medicine
The technical term for confronting fears as opposed to avoiding them is called “Exposure.” Recently scientists have discovered that exposure actually changes the brain in a very positive way.
Posted: 2011-08-19
Category: Anxiety
It is hard to not be effected by today’s economic crisis. This is not surprising when you consider that money and finances are intimately tied into your survival instincts. On a basic level, any threat to your financial stability can feel like a direct threat to your survival. On a deep level, some part of our brain and psyche translates the current crisis into a sense of danger that tells you to protect yourself at all costs.
Posted: 2011-08-17
Category: Anxieties
To receive a diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), you must have experienced an event that “involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others” and must have reacted with “intense fear, helplessness, or horror”.
Posted: 2011-08-02
Category: Depression
