Skills to Cope w/ Anxiety
Anxiety can be debilitating and overwhelming, however, skills can be learned and practiced to not only cope with anxiety but also to build resilience. This presentation, led by Mina Yadegar, PsyD, will be an introduction for Asian Jews to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for anxiety, with a focus on skills to be brave in the face of anxiety. There will be opportunities to practice the skills live with other LUNAR attendees!
Here at LUNAR, this free presentation will be led by an Asian Jewish therapist who specializes in exposure and response prevention (ERP) for OCD, anxiety, and related disorders.
This event is for Asian Jews and their families.
Bio: Mina Yadegar, PsyD (she/her) grew up in a Jewish Sephardic/Mizrahi household with a Persian father and Japanese mother. She loves to embrace all of her identities and meet other individuals from similar and diverse backgrounds! Mina is currently the Associate Director of the UCLA Pediatric OCD Intensive Outpatient Program, Clinical Instructor in UCLA’s Department of Psychology, and a private practice clinician. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Rutgers University; then completed her predoctoral internship at Harvard Medical and her postdoctoral fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. She has extensive expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and exposure and response prevention (ERP) for OCD, anxiety, and related disorders. She is passionate about training clinicians and disseminating evidence-based treatments through a diversity-sensitive lens.
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