Berkeley Parents Network: Howard Liebgold "Dr. Fear" (Phobease)

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Howard Liebgold "Dr. Fear" (Phobease)

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Re: Mom's anxiety - Conventional psychiatry hasn't helped (May 2004)
If acute panic attacks are the problem there is a man named Dr. Liebgold (aka Dr. Fear) who has a web site & is well known for his support groups which teach technics to overcome panic attacks. A Google search should assist you in hooking up with a group. Anxiety can be incredibly debilitating & interfere with daily functioning. I would recommend your mom not give up on trying new medications.

Re: Therapist for Panic Attacks (Feb 2004)
You need Dr Fear!! I knew nothing about panic attacks until my husband confided in me 8+ years ago that he experienced them. He'd been getting them since grade school. He would get them in classrooms, restaurants, movie theaters, social events, on bridges, airplanes, etc. He tried many therapists and techniques and spent $1000s to no avail. But then we discovered Phobease at Kaiser. It's changed our lives. It's a 10 week course developed and (if you're lucky) taught by Dr. Liebgold, aka Dr. Fear. You don't need to be a Kaiser member to take it; the fee is less than $100 and you become a lifetime member. I took the course with my husband and found it tremendously valuable and could apply many of the techniques to my life as well. I would strongly encourage you to take it from Dr. Liebgold himself. I believe he teaches out of Kaiser-Vallejo but the class is offered at other locations. He is incredibly knowledgeable, positive, entertaining and funny but best of all...he's been there. He knows firsthand what it's like to be crippled by fear/panic attacks/phobias/obsessions. Give it a try. I guarantee you won't be disappointed! No More Panic Attacks

Re: Therapist for Panic Attacks (Feb 2004)
I took an anxiety class at Kiaser Oakland. It was pretty good. Of course, anxiety means that it's hard even to attend a class like that, and hard to do the exercises. The first positive side was that everyone in there was just about like me. It really opened my eyes to hear others tell the stories that would have come from my own lips if I weren't so busy hiding and covering this stuff. Second, there were some really good methods for dealing with and overcoming anxiety.

Re: Am I the only person who HATES Halloween? (Sept 2003)
SOunds like your son has what is a very common childhood phobia. I recently found out that 70% of all children have some sort of phobia (also considered anxiety disorder) to some extent but ony 30% of those phobias are ever identified and worked with. There is help!!!

There is a wonderful class at Vallejo Kaiser called ''Phobe- Ease''. It is a class specifically for kids with phobias of all sorts. Dr. Howard Liebgold created and teaches this 6 week class. It's on Monday nights from 6-8PM (kind of a schlepp from the east bay, but worth it).

The cost is $70.00 for kaiser members adn $130.00 (I think) for non members.

My 8 year old son has a social phobia. We have just started this class and I am so impressed and hopeful. Check out Dr. Liebgold's website (Sorry, I don't know it offhand). You can call Vallejo Kaiser, or maybe just try Phobe- ease.com, or Dr.Liebgold.com, or similar things. The class just started and goes into October so I imagine the next one will be at the end of Oct. or early Nov.

He also has a do it yourself at home course. Ages seem to be about 6 or 7 through teens.(There is also a course for adults). He talks about phobias as merely fears that we all have and we just need tools to get through the fears, rather than run away and have to face it again the next day. Check this out, it's really worth it and much cheaper than spending a lot of money on therapy. Write to me if you want more specific info. June

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