Early memories in social anxiety: A meaningful and enduring collaboration with my Dad

- Describe a recent collaboration with my father, which was exciting and productive.
- Outline the unique insights achieved about autobiographical memory in social anxiety.
- Describe how working together enhanced our personal relationship as well as my career.
- Conclude that meaningful collaboration represents an essential part of my father's legacy.

In this short paper in honour of my father's Festschrift, I describe a recent collaboration with him in which we joined forces to investigate the nature of autobiographical images and memories in social anxiety. I outline our work together and the unique insights that were gleaned from our interactive contributions. Then, I reflect on how this collaboration has helped to lay the foundation for subsequent work in my lab and illuminate new directions in my program of research, enhance my career as a scientist-practitioner, and ultimately, enrich both my personal and professional identities. In so doing, I aim to highlight one of the most important and enduring aspects of my father's legacy: the profound positive impact he has on the people with whom he has worked.