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Apr 2025
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Driving Anxiety and Driving Exposure | E...

Drew Linsalata
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Send in a question or comment via text. Navigating driving anxiety with exposure therapy—but not how you might think. In this episode, Drew Linsalata (therapist, author, and former anxiety sufferer) challenges common misconceptions about addressing driving anxiety. Learn why the feeling is the exposure, not the driving itself, and discover how interoceptiv ... Show More
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