Ep 261 Anxiety Series with Jenny Taitz

Apr 1

Episode Description

For episode 261 Jenny Taitz returns to the Metta Hour for our Anxiety Series. In this series, Sharon is speaking with Mental Health experts, providers and researchers for tools to work with anxiety in increasingly challenging times.

Dr. Jenny Taitz, Psy.D, ABPP is a clinical psychologist and an assistant clinical professor in psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles. She completed her fellowship in psychology at Yale University School of Medicine and achieved board certifications in cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. In addition to treating clients in her private therapy practice, LA CBT DBT, she is the author of How to Be Single and Happy and End Emotional Eating. Her new book, Stress Resets: How to Soothe Your Body and Mind in Minutes, is now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats.

In this conversation Jenny and Sharon discuss:

• Jenny’s approach to anxiety

• Emotions are contagious

• The superpower of emotional regulation

• Cultivating an inner life

• Three-point check-in

• How to break-up with overthinking

• Getting grounding

• Cognitive diffusion

• Naming your inner critic

• Sitting with uncertainty

• Building a hope kit

• Box-breathing

• Lovingkindness

• Doing good deeds

• Examining assumptions

• Surfing emotional urges

Additional Resources

Sharon closes with some hypothetical situations about anxiety which Jenny advises on. You can learn more about Jenny’s work and get a copy of her book, Stress Resets, on her website.

Check out the first episode in the Anxiety Podcast Series with Dr. Jud Brewer right here.

This is Jenny’s third appearance on the Metta Hour. Her first appearance was in 2018 and can be heard right here and her second appearance was in 2014, which you can be heard right here.

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