Death Anxiety and Psychological Wellbeing
Aging in the Shadow of Mortality
- Speaker:
- Dr. Rachel Menzies
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 05 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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Mar 23, 2026
- Product Code:
- POS150872
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
Death is a taboo topic, and death anxiety along with it.
Yet death anxiety is increasingly recognized as a transdiagnostic factor that’s related to a wide range of mental health problems -
And leaving it out of your clients’ treatment may limit the relief they can achieve.
In this session, Dr. Rachel Menzies – death anxiety expert and author of Free Yourself from Death Anxiety: A CBT-Self-Help Guide for a Fear of Death and Dying – will show you how to integrate practical strategies for addressing this largely unrecognized treatment target into your care framework. You’ll learn:
- How death anxiety shows up in disguised or indirect forms in older adults
- Evidence-based CBT interventions to reduce death anxiety so clients can focus on living
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Speaker
Dr. Rachel Menzies Related seminars and products
Menzies Anxiety Centre
Dr. Rachel Menzies is a lecturer and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) research fellow at the University of Sydney, where she completed her Honours, Masters, and PhD degrees in psychology. Rachel’s research on death anxiety and its role in mental health has been awarded various prizes, including the Australian Psychological Society (APS) national PhD Prize and APS Early Career Research Award. Rachel has published five books on the topic of existential issues. In addition to her academic work, Rachel is a clinical psychologist and director of the Menzies Anxiety Centre, which she established to improve access to psychological treatment for death anxiety.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Rachel Menzies is the owner of Menzies Anxiety Centre and has an employment relationship with the University of Sydney. She receives royalties as a published author and grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council. Dr. Menzies receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Rachel Menzies is a member of the NSW Board for the AACBT, Australian Anxiety and OCD Clinician and Researcher Network, the School of Psychology Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, and the School of Psychology Research Committee.
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Objectives
- Identify key theoretical accounts of death anxiety.
- Analyze the relationship between aging-related factors and death anxiety
- Utilize at least two evidence-based cognitive behavioural strategies to assess death anxiety in clinical practice
Outline
Death Anxiety
- Terror Management Theory and other frameworks
- Transdiagnostic construct
- Aging, mortality salience, and shifts in existential concerns
- Psychological responses to aging
- Implications for clinical practice with older adults
Assessment and Treatment of Death Anxiety
- How death anxiety manifests directly and indirectly in clinical settings
- Panic, health anxiety, and other common presentations
- Assessment considerations
- Evidence-based CBT interventions for death anxiety
- Integrate death anxiety work into existing treatment
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Addiction Counselors
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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