Treatment for Phobias

Featuring the top 3 experts for this topic

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  Dr Maria Deibler

  Clinical Psychologist & Director of The Center for Emotional Health, specializing in the treatment of anxiety, OCD, compulsive hoarding, and trichotillomania

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• Above His Shoulders” an autobiographical account of his sex abuse and how he survived emotionally, focused on giving back to others. He is currently completing his second book called, “Rant” - One Man’s Perspective on Healing, Politics, Religion, and Medical Atrocities of the Human Condition.”" />

  Dan Williams PsyD, PA-C

  Dan Williams grew up in the remote Southern Illinois hills, about one hour from Kentucky. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Illinois University, his Physician Assistant degree from Touro College in New York City and his Doctorate in clinical psychology from Forest Institute of Professional Psychology. It was not the degrees in academia that proved to be the motivator for aiding others. There is no better source for learning than life trauma and experiential learning. Too many individuals rely on the credentials to fill up their emptiness and tout these credentials as an ego extension.
  
  Learning from Native American elders, traveling and discussing existential psychology with many professors, and focusing on life trauma gave Dr. Williams a much different perspective on what illness is and what effective treatment is.
  
  It was through his own experience with sex abuse -when he was victimized at an early age by a cousin – that proved in retrospect, to be a motivator to not only help others, but also become a strong advocate of those who are victims of all life traumas. In 2008, he wrote “Above His Shoulders” an autobiographical account of his sex abuse and how he survived emotionally, focused on giving back to others. He is currently completing his second book called, “Rant” - One Man’s Perspective on Healing, Politics, Religion, and Medical Atrocities of the Human Condition.”

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• Center for Psychological & Behavioral Science in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.  He also blogs about mental health related topics at www.steveseay.com.
  
  Dr. Seay conducts evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy, including exposure and response prevention (ERP). He has specialized training and experience working with children, teens, and adults with anxiety disorders, including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
  
  Dr. Seay also has clinical interests in treating mood disorders, providing couples therapy, and helping patients with health behavior changes. Among his recent publications, Dr. Seay co-authored a book chapter entitled “Pathogenesis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder” in the Textbook of Anxiety Disorders.
  
  After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Seay was a psychology resident at the Anxiety Disorders Center of Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute where he worked with C. Alec Pollard, a prominent clinician and researcher who is on the advisory boards of the International Obsessive Compulsive Foundation and the Anxiety Disorders Association of America.
  
  Dr. Seay received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychobiology (with a minor in Chemistry) from the University of Miami. He then earned dual doctoral degrees in Clinical Science and Neuroscience at Indiana University and completed a pre-doctoral internship at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Seay has been broadly trained in therapy and assessment, and he has worked in a variety of outpatient mental health clinics as well as in inpatient settings. These include the Adult Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic at Indiana University Hospital, the Indianapolis VA Hospital, and Larue Carter State Hospital.
  
  Dr. Seay's research has emphasized the role of basic decision making processes in OCD symptomatology and also has looked at the ways in which basic learning processes (e.g., discrimination conditioning) might contribute to the development and maintenance of OCD." />

  Steven J. Seay, Ph.D.

  Dr. Steven Seay lives in Palm Beach County, Florida and is a licensed psychologist. He is the Director of the Center for Psychological & Behavioral Science in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.  He also blogs about mental health related topics at www.steveseay.com.
  
  Dr. Seay conducts evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy, including exposure and response prevention (ERP). He has specialized training and experience working with children, teens, and adults with anxiety disorders, including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
  
  Dr. Seay also has clinical interests in treating mood disorders, providing couples therapy, and helping patients with health behavior changes. Among his recent publications, Dr. Seay co-authored a book chapter entitled “Pathogenesis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder” in the Textbook of Anxiety Disorders.
  
  After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Seay was a psychology resident at the Anxiety Disorders Center of Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute where he worked with C. Alec Pollard, a prominent clinician and researcher who is on the advisory boards of the International Obsessive Compulsive Foundation and the Anxiety Disorders Association of America.
  
  Dr. Seay received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychobiology (with a minor in Chemistry) from the University of Miami. He then earned dual doctoral degrees in Clinical Science and Neuroscience at Indiana University and completed a pre-doctoral internship at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Seay has been broadly trained in therapy and assessment, and he has worked in a variety of outpatient mental health clinics as well as in inpatient settings. These include the Adult Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic at Indiana University Hospital, the Indianapolis VA Hospital, and Larue Carter State Hospital.
  
  Dr. Seay's research has emphasized the role of basic decision making processes in OCD symptomatology and also has looked at the ways in which basic learning processes (e.g., discrimination conditioning) might contribute to the development and maintenance of OCD.

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