ELLEN HENDRIKSEN
Clinical psychologist who will help you calm your anxiety and be your authentic self
Author of How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety
DR. ELLEN HENDRIKSEN (she/her) is a clinical psychologist who will help you calm your anxiety and be your authentic self. She serves on the faculty at Boston University's Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) and is the author of HOW TO BE YOURSELF: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety and HOW TO BE ENOUGH: Self-Acceptance for Self-Critics, Perfectionists, and Everyone with an Internal Cattle Prod (Fall 2024).
Her scientifically-based, zero-judgment approach has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC News, New York Magazine, The Guardian, Harvard Business Review, Scientific American, O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Business Insider, Psychology Today, Quiet Revolution, and many other media outlets.
During Ellen’s 2014-2019 tenure as founding host of the award-winning podcast, Savvy Psychologist, the podcast was downloaded 15 million times, rose as high as #3 on the overall iTunes charts, and was picked as a Best New Podcast on iTunes.
Dr. Hendriksen earned her Ph.D. at UCLA and completed her training at Harvard Medical School. She lives in the Boston area with her family.
Speech topics
Less But Better: Achieve More by Letting Go of Perfectionism
....
How to Be Yourself: Bring Your Authentic Self to Work (and Life)
....
Navigating Change and Uncertainty in the Post-Pandemic Workplace
....
Bouncing Back from Burnout in the Post-Pandemic Workplace
....
Books
How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety
Weaving together cutting-edge science, concrete tips, and the compelling stories of real people who have risen above their social anxiety, Dr. Ellen Hendriksen proposes a groundbreaking idea: you already have everything you need to succeed in any unfamiliar social situation.
How to Be Enough: Self-Acceptance for Self-Critics, Perfectionists, and Everyone with an Internal Cattle Prod
In How to Be Enough, readers will learn now to: rest without guilt, play without a goal, flexibility without anxiety, success (and failure) without over-identification, forgiveness for mistakes (both others' and our own) and a kinder, gentler regard for ourselves.