Therapy in a Nutshell
Learn essential skills to improve your mental health with Licensed Therapist Emma McAdam. You’ll learn how to process your emotions, how to work through trauma, practical skills to resolve anxiety and depression, and how to improve your mental health overall.
Real change is possible, you don’t have to just cope with anxiety and depression or PTSD, you can learn the skills to change your brain and change your life!.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 252
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Insomnia- How to Fall Asleep When your Brain Won't Shut Up!
Do you want to learn How to Process Emotions and improve your Mental Health? Sign up for a Therapy in a Nutshell Membership, you'll get access to all of Emma’s courses, workbooks, and a Live Q and A …
How to do Exposure Therapy for Fears and Anxiety: Day 27 Break the Anxiety Cycle
In this video I’m not going to teach you an anxiety hack or trick, I’m going to teach you the #1 most powerful way to decrease anxiety as backed by research. I’m going to teach the 6 steps to kicking…
Solving Actual Problems (Instead of Just Coping Skills) - Day 26 Break the Anxiety Cycle
Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
Here's why stress management techniques often fail- they focus all their energy on changing the…
How to Deal with Uncertainty - Without Self-Sabotage
Most people don’t like uncertainty, but the people who can’t tolerate uncertainty the most are more likely to experience anxiety or depressive disorders, they’re more likely to struggle in relationsh…
Exploring a Sensory Diet for Emotional Regulation - Sensory Processing Disorders
If you struggle with emotional regulation, you desperately need to know about sensory regulation- but A lot of people have no idea what sensory needs are and most people don’t know how to manage thei…
Menopause and Mental Health with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
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Menopause can really impact mental health, but there are effective treatments, you don’t just have t…
Breathing Exercises for Anxiety: Day 25 Break the Anxiety Cycle
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In this video, you'll explore effective breathing exercises and a deep breathing techni…
Sensory Needs Quiz- Your Sensory Needs Assessment
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Have you ever found yourself feeling overwhelmed, irritable, or simply drained by your surroundings? It's not uncomm…
My New Favorite Vagus Nerve Exercise for Anxiety or Trauma Recovery - The Voo Breath or Foghorn
Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days - Online Course: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
I’d like to share with you my new favorite vagus nerve exercise for turning on the parasympath…
What to do with Anxiety in Your Body - Day 24 Break the Anxiety Cycle
Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
It’s common that when you feel anxiety, you have uncomfortable sensations in your body. An upset stomach, tigh…
Window of Tolerance -An Essential Skill for PTSD, Trauma and Nervous System Regulation
Talking about trauma can make things worse. I’m a therapist, and I know how valuable it CAN be to talk about trauma, but when you don’t understand your “Window of Tolerance” talking about trauma can …
Building an Internal Sense of Safety for PTSD, Trauma or Anxiety: Day 23 Break the Anxiety Cycle
Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
If you want to manage PTSD or Anxiety, you need to learn how to interrupt the anxiety cycle and…
How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
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How to Turn on the Parasympathetic Response to Calm Anxiety: Day 22 of Break the Anxiety Cycle
Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
The good news is that there are practical things you can do to turn on and strengthen your para…
THIS guy solved Panic Attacks after 30 years of Panic Disorder
Panic attacks can be terrifying, but they aren't dangerous. When we engage with our panic attacks by trying to control our panic attacks, by trying to force our body's sensations to calm down, or by …
How to Stop Taking Things Personally
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Do you take things personally? Do you get offended easily? Do you spend a lot of time trying to figure out which person is the …
The Essential Skill to Regulate Your Nervous System - Relaxed Vigilance vs. Hypervigilance: Day 21 Break the Anxiety Cycle
This is Day 21 of my online course, Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Buy the full course here: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
This is seriously one of the most powerful inter…
Understanding Anxiety in the Nervous System: Day 20 Break the Anxiety Cycle
Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
Anxiety is essentially a state of your nervous system. In this video we’ll explore anxiety, tra…
Flip Anxiety on Its Head With 2 Words: Day 19 Break the Anxiety Cycle
Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
There is a simple shift you can use to transform your anxiety in two words. In this podcast you…
Emotional Reasoning: Break the Anxiety Cycle Day 18
Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
I’m going to teach you an important skill to be less emotionally reactive. Essentially, how to …