Author: Fawn McNeil-Haber, PhD

Dr. Fawn McNeil-Haber is the Founder and Clinical Director of Brave Minds Psychological Services, LLC. The mission of the practice is devoted to the prevention of the intergenerational transmission of anxiety and trauma. Dr. Fawn and her team help children, teens and adults heal from difficult experiences and change the course of their life through therapy. Through Dr. Fawn’s leadership, Brave Minds specializes in treating food allergy anxiety, healing from child sexual abuse, and trauma.
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What is EMDR Therapy? A New Jersey Therapist Explains This Proven Trauma Treatment

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You’ve tried various therapists who use different therapeutic techniques, but you haven’t found them to be very successful. You’re still suffering. Perhaps, you’ve heard about Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, or EMDR, before and you’re thinking about trying it. But, you want to gather some information first. Today, I want to give you some information about […]

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Oral Food Challenge Part 2: Managing the Anxiety

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In part one of this two-part blog series, we discussed what an oral food challenge is and how you can prepare yourself and your child. Oral food challenges can be very anxiety-provoking for both the child with food allergies and the food allergy parent. Allergists think very carefully before recommending an oral food challenge. They […]

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Oral Food Challenge and Anxiety Part 1: Preparing Yourself and Your Child

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What is an Oral Food Challenge? Oral food challenges are a diagnostic tool that allergists use to test for food allergies. Very simply, the patient consumes some of a potential food allergen under the supervision of a Board Certified Allergist. This allows the allergist to test for food allergies reliably and safely.  Blood and skin […]

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Women and Anxiety: Do Your Anxious Feelings Interfere with Your Romantic Relationship?

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Anxiety can make it difficult to form close relationships. Especially romantic ones. All across the nation, women and anxiety fight daily battles with one other. Unsurprisingly, trying to conquer an unseen force like anxiety can be very tricky. At times, too tricky. Anxiety can eat away at a relationship. Often crushing the trust and connection between […]