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Death Anxiety & Thanatophobia Treatment in Riyadh

Signs You May Need Support:

  • Intrusive Thoughts: Constant preoccupation with death or losing loved ones.

  • Panic Symptoms: Physical reactions triggered by news or thoughts of mortality.

  • Avoidance Behavior: Avoiding hospitals, funerals, or news to escape anxiety.

  • Health Anxiety: Over-monitoring the body and interpreting minor symptoms as fatal.

  • Compulsive Safety Acts: Performing rituals to ward off the fear of dying.

Our Core Approach:

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Re-framing catastrophic thoughts about mortality.

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Helping patients live meaningfully despite existential uncertainty.

  • Exposure Therapy: Gradually reducing sensitivity to death-related triggers in a safe setting.

  • Mindfulness & Relaxation: Managing the physiological symptoms of panic and dread.

Specialists

DR.Asmaa Ahmed

DR.Asmaa Ahmed

7 Years of Experience
PhD / MD in Psychiatry
Madawi Al-Mashouq

Madawi Al-Mashouq

4 Years of Experience
Bachelor of Psychology
Sara Al-Masoud

Sara Al-Masoud

6 Years of Experience
Master’s in Clinical Psychology

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