Does Everyone with Food Allergies Live in Fear?
Learn the difference between living in fear and experiencing fear when navigating life with food allergies.
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Food Allergy Anxiety, Mindset, and Parenting Resources
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The Food Allergy Counselor
Food allergy anxiety, mental health, mindset, and parenting tips from
licensed therapist, Tamara Hubbard, MA, LCPC
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Do Online Health Groups Help or Hinder Your Food Allergy Management?
Discover if online health groups help or hinder food allergy management. Learn how to evaluate which online groups are best for you.
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Getting Out of Your Allergy Comfort Zone
A common question asked in allergy support groups relates to how to move from fearing food allergies to confidently managing them. The...
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Managing Food Allergy-Related Stress
Learn what stress is and how it differs from anxiety, as well as tips for making food allergy-related stress more manageable.
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Meet The FAC Advisors!
[May 2024 Update: I am now the Chief Advisor for the Academy of Food Allergy Counseling, which now houses the Food Allergy Counseling...
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Does Grief Ever Go Away?
Learn more about grief and have to navigate food allergy-related grief, especially after an allergic reaction.
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Building Allergy Life Skills When Anxious
We know that in order to gain confidence in our ability to manage our own or our child's allergies, we have to step outside of our...
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2021 FAAW Tips from the Food Allergy Counselor
Food Allergy Awareness Week (FAAW) 2021 may be over, but the education and advocacy efforts won't stop! Together, we will continue to...
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3 Marketing Tips for Therapists Providing Food Allergy Counseling Services
Since starting the Food Allergy Counselor Directory and website in 2018, I routinely get emails from counseling and psychology graduate...
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The Latest Food Allergy Anxiety Resources
As a licensed clinical professional counselor who works with those managing food allergies, I'm often asked for anxiety management tips....
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3 Ways Marriages are Affected by Food Allergies
Parenting is hard enough on relationships, but add food allergies or other chronic illnesses to the picture, and even spouses with a...
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5 Steps to Build Confidence & Navigate Food Allergy Vulnerabilities
The latest podcast episode of Exploring Food Allergy Families was inspired by stories I've read about within food allergy support groups,...
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Exploring Food Allergy Dads' Experiences
As a family therapy-trained licensed therapist, I often find myself wondering about the systems in which we live. The family system, the...
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New Podcast: Exploring Food Allergy Families
I'm very excited about this announcement. Not only does it relate to topics I am passionate about, but it's also a resource that I think...
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But How Are You *Really* Doing
For many of us, we're well into week three or four of social distancing and sheltering-in-place. So we've got this whole thing down...
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Resources for Navigating Coronavirus Anxiety
By now, phrases like "social distancing" and "flatten the curve" are commonplace due to the current Coronavirus pandemic. Bombarded with...
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Food Allergy Mental Health Thoughts & Thanks for 2019
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT 2019 IS ALMOST OVER?! As this year comes to a close, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past year and give...
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Food Allergy Mental Health Worksheets You Can Use
Due to the positive feedback I've received for the Food Allergy Mindset worksheet I shared a few months ago, I've decided to publish...
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Food Allergy Awareness Week Days 1 & 2
Day 1: Food Allergy Support Groups Being a member of a health-focused support group is now about as common as stopping at Starbucks daily...
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Coping with Food Allergy Tragedies
Another food allergy-related tragedy recently populated our social media feeds. This story involved a teenage boy, all set to graduate...
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