Counseling for Anxiety
Is anxiety taking over your life? Does it feel like you can’t control it no matter how hard you try? Have you already tried therapy but found it ineffective?
Anxiety is your body’s natural alarm system—it’s meant to protect you when something feels dangerous. The problem is that many of us stay in “alarm mode” long after the threat is gone. In Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky explains that zebras only get stressed when they’re actually being chased—then they go back to grazing. Humans, though, can keep worrying for hours (or years). Over time, that chronic stress can affect both mental and physical health. The good news? When you learn to calm your nervous system, you’re helping your mind and body feel safer, stronger, and more balanced.
My approach offers the most effective forms of treatment, to get the relief from anxiety that you deserve.
When it comes to treating anxiety disorders, research shows that therapy is usually the most effective option. That’s because anxiety therapy - as opposed to anxiety medication - treats more than just symptoms of the problem.
Often, these are the symptoms of anxiety:
- Nervousness, restlessness, or being tense
- Feelings of danger, panic, or dread
- Rapid breathing or hyperventilation
- Increased or heavy sweating
- Trembling or muscle twitching
- Weakness or lethargy
- Difficulty focusing or thinking clearly about anything other than the thing you’re worried about
- Insomnia
- Obsessions about certain ideas; a sign of obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Anxiety surrounding a particular life event or experience that has occurred in the past; a sign of post-traumatic stress disorder
Therapy can help to uncover the underlying causes of your worries and fears, learn how to relax, look at situations in a new, less frightening way, and develop better coping mechanisms and problem-solving skills.
If you suffer from an anxiety disorder, I invite you to contact me today for a free consultation.