Watch Treating Anxiety

2025
1 Season

Self-criticism is a normal part of existence. But with anxiety, self-criticism can get in our way. Explore the characteristics of pathological self-criticism and the nine needs it fulfills in us. Nine? No wonder it's so difficult to let go. But you will discover methods that do work. In this case, put behavior first, and your beliefs will catch up.

Treating Anxiety is a series that ran for 1 seasons (12 episodes) between September 4, 2025 and on The Great Courses

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12. Sleep and Anxiety

September 4, 2025

A recent study synthesizing more than 50 years of sleep research showed that even short periods of sleep loss resulted in increased anxiety symptoms. Meet Dr. Jade Wu, a board-certified sleep psychologist who answers questions about the complex relationship between sleep and anxiety. You

11. Seeking Treatment: Medication

September 4, 2025

Medication can be a powerful and effective tool in the treatment of anxiety. But to choose a medication that is right for your body, your life, and your anxiety, you

10. Make Decisions and Get Things Done

September 4, 2025

Explore the anxiety manifestations of indecision and procrastination, both of which are rooted in avoidance (of uncertainty and negative emotions) and keep us from moving forward in our lives. Discover tools to help you address the uncertainty-causing indecision, and tools to help you manage the emotions you

9. From Self-Criticism to Self-Compassion

September 4, 2025

8. From Perfectionism to Flexibility

September 4, 2025

Learn about perfectionism

7. Live Well with OCD

September 4, 2025

Learn about the many different types of obsessions

6. Rise above Social Anxiety

September 4, 2025

Because we are social animals living our lives in social situations, social anxiety can have a significant affect on our ability to attain our goals. Learn why this type of anxiety is all about our fear that people will find something deficient about us that we would rather hide

5. Your Actions: Living a Valued Life

September 4, 2025

Of the three components of anxiety, behavior is the factor we can best control. Participate in an exercise to identify your values and then learn how those values drive your behavior and affect your anxiety. Explore Choice Point, a mental-health tool that can help you assess behaviors. Are your behaviors moving you toward or away from your personal values?

4. Your Body: Tools for Anxiety and Panic

September 4, 2025

Explore the causes of the physiological symptoms of anxiety from blushing to shortness of breath to trembling hands. And how does potentially helpful anxiety turn into its most extreme form

3. Your Anxious Thoughts: Overcoming Worry

September 4, 2025

Worry that feels uncontrollable and physical tension are the two pillars of a very common anxiety diagnosis called general anxiety disorder. Explore why we all worry from time to time and the difference between worry and general thinking. Most important, you

2. Understanding and Challenging Anxiety

September 4, 2025

What exactly is anxiety? Discover the numerous relationships between the three elements of anxiety: thoughts, physiological sensations, and behavior. As you

1. Where Anxiety Comes from and Why It Persists

September 4, 2025

Have you ever considered that you just might owe your life to anxiety? Learn how evolution favored those with a healthy amount of anxiety, including your personal ancestors. But yes, you can have too much of a good thing. Explore the boundary between everyday anxiety and the clinically significant anxiety that is experienced by about one-third of the population in their lifetime.

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Where to Watch Treating Anxiety

Treating Anxiety is available for streaming on the The Great Courses website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Treating Anxiety on demand at Prime Video and Amazon.