Honors, Presentations, and Memberships:•Keynote Speaker at S. African MH Conference, Durban, S. Africa“Anxiety: A Worldwide Epidemic”•The Sally Jessie Raphael Show, New York, NYFeatured Expert in “Mothers Who Rage”•KOMO TV, Northwest Afternoons, Seattle, Washington1 hour live TV show, "Helping the Person Who Suffers with Excessive Anxiety"•Published Book, Transforming Anxiety Transcending Shame•Rapid City School Counselors, Rapid City, SD“Recognition, Prevention and Treatment of the Anxious Student”•Institute for Integral Learning, Clearwater, FL“Running With Our Hair On Fire: It May Be Normal, But It Ain’t Healthy”•Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference, Austin, TX“Treating the Shame That Drives Anxiety and Depression”•Northwest Addictions Conference, Seattle, WA“Addictions, Compulsions and Chronic Anxiety; Treating the Results of the American Lifestyle”•Southern California Clinical Institute, Burbank, CA“New Twists in Treating American’s No. 1 Mental Health Condition – Anxiety”•United States Air Force and Reserve Institute, Denver, CO“Assuring Troop Readiness: Preventing and Reducing Anxiety”•National Association of Social Workers Conference of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR“Significant Issues to Help Anxiety Sufferers Move From Insecurity to Empowerment”•University of Tennessee School of Social Work, Nashville, TN“From Chronic Anxiety to Terrorist Attack; Anxiety As a Growing Epidemic”•Missouri Clinical Institute, Kansas City, MO“Helping Clients to Move Beyond Just Tying a Knot and Hanging On; Beyond SimpleManagement to Empowerment”•U.S. Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress, Boston, Massachusetts"Beyond Managing Symptoms to Empowerment"•South Dakota Nurse Practitioners Conference, Keynote Speaker"Sources of Unnecessary Stress for the Medical Professional and their Patient"•Two-day Regional Training, Indian Health Services StaffConsult with setting up anxiety treatment programs +MUCH MORESpecialties: Rex Briggs is the creator of the concept that Anxiety is a messenger, not a disease. Research is inconclusive about the cause of anxiety disorders, including:Simple phobiasSocial phobiasGeneralized Anxiety DisorderObsessive Compulsive DisorderPanic DisorderAgoraphobiaPost Traumatic Disorder