Anxiety Therapy

Anxiety is the feelings or sensations our body experiences when we encounter worry, uneasiness, nervousness or uncontrollable life events. Anxiety is a emotion that all of us feel at some point. It is a perfectly healthy human emotion, even though it can feel uncomfortable at times. Anxiety is a natural response to stress, although it's an uncomfortable emotion, it is meant to protect us, to help us prepare, and it helps keep us safe. However for about 20% of adults in America,  anxiety  is  overwhelming  and  negatively  impacts  their  lives  and  relationships. Those  40  million  adults are diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Anxiety symptoms can affect both the mind and body, often causing intrusive thoughts, intense emotions and  physical symptoms.    

Anxiety Therapy involves incorporating evidenced based modalities to help you get to the root causes of your anxiety while also incorporating effective coping skills that help you rewire your nervous system. After engaging in anxiety therapy, clients describe feeling more confident in themselves, having less intrusive thoughts and worry, and more control over their lives. Clients who complete anxiety therapy have significantly less anxiety symptoms and feel as if they “are more in control of their thoughts and not stuck in the overwhelm.” Finding a therapist that is trained in working specifically with anxiety is key. As clients begin to address their anxiety in therapy, they often notice a decrease in worry, overwhelm, panic attacks, avoidant/indecisive/procrastinating behaviors, chronic stress and more. Anxiety therapy is more than just talking about the things that you worry about. Creative modalities such as art, music, yoga etc can also be incorporated into anxiety therapy to calm the nervous system. 

Did you know that anxiety is part of our body’s survival instincts? Anxiety is intended to be our body’s alarm system. Like a fire alarm. It is intended to warn us when we need to look for danger. For some of us though our body’s alarm system is a little off and needs some rewiring. Effective Anxiety Therapy will help you rewire your nervous system while getting to the root causes of your anxiety. With effective anxiety therapy your anxiety will feel more like a soft whisper asking you to double check your work instead of a loud alarm keeping you awake at night. Anxiety Therapy will help you take back your life, your relationships, and build your self confidence.

An Anxiety Therapist is a licensed clinician who receives specialized training in treating anxiety disorders. Therapists who specialize in treating anxiety will help you find personalized and individualized ways to calm your unique nervous system like art, music, yoga, journaling, etc. Anxiety therapists understand the root causes of anxiety and will help you process these events to help you live in the present instead of the past. Anxiety treatment should involve more than simply talking about your worries, healing anxiety must involve calming your body and nervous system.