Anxiety is considered the result of our capacity to imagine the future, where we tend to focus on negative expectations and outcomes. Regardless of whether anxiety is triggered by real or imagined threats, it impacts both one’s physical and mental state. Anxiety can be a response to stress, whether it is a real-world situation or danger is perceived as real. While both stress and anxiety are normal and necessary responses, pervasive anxiety can disrupt daily life, leading to shortness of breath, a pounding heart, and jitters. One in every three adults in the U.S. will struggle with anxiety that feels out of control at some point in their life.
Psychotherapy (talk therapy), medication, and certain lifestyle measures are known to be helpful in managing anxiety. Sometimes talk therapy is accompanied by medication, or in some cases, medication is needed to control a patient’s symptoms enough for them to focus on psychotherapy. Lifestyle changes and measures are the most helpful for the long-term management of anxiety. Exercise and deep breathing can help people struggling with anxiety to feel calm.
There are also specific therapies that help with anxiety, including cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, and exposure therapy. Exposure therapy helps individuals manage their anxiety and avoidance of their fears through safe and gradual exposure to those fears. CBT is particularly beneficial because it is tailored to someone’s anxieties and helps them learn to alter undesirable and unhelpful thought patterns. At Grapevine Counseling Center, we also provide EMDR therapy, which is a specialized therapy technique that can help resolve anxiety with any homework involved. Finally, if you are looking for the cost-effective approach click on our “Pre-Packaged Counseling Courses” link and purchase our “Soothing Painful Emotions” course. This course will teach you the basics of CBT therapy, provide you with 5 different exercises to manage your anxiety, and will give you insights on managing other related life challenges, all for less than half the price of one counseling session. Give us a call and we’ll help you replace anxiety with peace and security.
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