Our Mission.
What are we doing and why? Here’s our manifesto in 7 points:
Anxiety is swallowing us whole… our individual lives and our culture.
The research is clear (and has been for decades):
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety works.
The active ingredient is repeated opportunities to successfully confront distress and persist (also known as behavior therapy and “exposure”).
Even in brief doses, behavior therapy generalizes to reduce and prevent anxiety.
Despite advances in access to care, decreased stigma, widespread use of CBT language and the proliferation of CBT-based technology people are still incredibly unlikely to get treatment for anxiety that includes the “active” ingredient.
The deleterious effects of anxiety and its sequelae are impossible to overstate. Untreated and poorly treated anxiety drives suffering and impairment… depression, addiction, death by suicide, and billions of dollars in healthcare costs and lost wages. Even though we know what works. As behavioral scientists, we have retreated to our clinics and research labs and we are failing you.
The status quo is unacceptable.
Test Wolf was created to give young people the opportunity to feel what works for anxiety.
We meet you where you are and leverage technology to disseminate resilience… one standardized test at a time.