#764 Social Anxiety & Perfectionism - Dr. Ellen Hendriksen Returns

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Sexuality

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Ellen Hendriksen is a clinical psychologist at Boston University who specializes in perfectionism and anxiety, with a particular focus on social anxiety. She returns to the podcast to talk about her research and share tools for managing these issues. Watch for her new book, How to Be Enough.

More about Dr. Ellen Hendriksen:

Her website (with links to buy her books) https://www.ellenhendriksen.com/

Twitter @EllenHendriksen

Her podcast is called Savvy Psychologist and can be found wherever folks like to get their podcasts

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0:00.0	I have a favorite ask of you, the kind listener.
0:03.9	There are a bunch of different ways that you can help the show, but right now, one of the
0:08.6	ways you could help us is by filling out a survey for potential advertisers so they can
0:14.7	get to know how you feel about the show, what kind of products you might be interested in buying. As you know,
0:23.8	we haven't been doing a lot of host red ads lately, and that's what we're trying to
0:30.0	get more of. So this would help greatly. The survey is quick. It's simple.
0:38.7	It's a free way to support the podcast, and it'll take you two minutes, and you'll be
0:43.0	helping me out a ton.
0:44.8	So go to gum.fm slash mental to fill out our survey.
0:52.3	That's g-um.fm-m-slash mental.
0:57.3	And I appreciate it.
0:58.7	Thank you.
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1:07.5	That's audible.combe.
1:09.6	Okay, okay, slash, Wondery.
1:10.8	Welcome to episode 764 with my return. Wondery. That's audible.co.com.uk slash Wondery.
1:17.2	Welcome to episode 764 with my return guest, Dr. Ellen Hendrickson.
1:27.8	This is the mental illness. Happy hour, a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction,
1:30.4	everyday compulsive negative thinking.
1:35.1	This show is not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
1:36.3	I'm not a therapist.
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