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Anxiety

Anxiety

Anxiety comes in so many different forms and all of them have an impact on your life. Symptoms can include a lingering sense of uneasiness or dread, fear of moving forward or having a generally high level of stress. Some people experience anxiety related to specific situations or times of year. No matter how your anxiety is expressed, it causes discomfort, stunted emotional growth and an inability to fully experience life.

When you sit down with a licensed therapist and talk about your anxiety, you’ll be able to unravel the reasons behind your anxiety. Not only will you work with your therapist to identify the source of your anxiety, you’ll learn to identify triggers and find ways to better work through anxiety.

How can anxiety counseling benefit me?

Anxiety can impact your life on many different levels including your relationships, career, reputation and overall health. Anxiety can affect your sleep and eating patterns, your mental clarity and can cause health issues including palpitations and other heart anomalies.

Talking with a therapist helps you develop ways to better cope with your anxiety in situations that pop up in real life. While you learn to create healthier response patterns to your triggers, you and your therapist also work to uncover the root of your anxiety. The goal is to target both the source of your anxiety and create real tools to immediately improve your daily life.

Anxiety sessions with a therapist can help with:

  • Feelings of inadequacy
  • Fear of moving forward
  • Develop appropriate decision making skills
  • Overthinking
  • Eating and sleeping disorders
  • Lifestyle habits
  • Job performance

By talking with a therapist like me about your anxiety, you’ll be able to navigate everyday challenges and overcome feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt.You’ll learn more appropriate decision making skills, release stress and build better habits. Together, we’ll develop a pathway forward toward a positive and fulfilled life.

How do I know I have anxiety?
Anxiety isn’t always a bad thing, in fact it’s common to experience occasional anxiety in life. However, a person can develop anxiety disorder when anxiety becomes persistent or overwhelming. When you feel overtaken by feelings of anxiety, self-doubt, inadequacy and aimlessness, a talk with your therapist can help you find solid ground. Regular meetings with a therapist can help you create tools to build better relationships, excel at work and have a better life in general.

Symptoms of anxiety can include:

  • Feeling persistently tense or nervous
  • Ongoing feelings of impending doom
  • Difficulty with social interaction
  • Avoiding anxiety triggers
  • Feeling weak or tired
  • Constantly feeling overwhelmed
  • Persistent stomach problems
  • Sweating and trembling
  • Heart palpitations
  • Breathing problems
  • Panic attacks

You should always get an anxiety disorder diagnosis from a professional psychiatrist or certified therapist. Mental health professionals can provide you with well-researched methods of identifying and treating anxiety disorder and with the resources you need to build a better life.

When should I seek therapy for anxiety?

Sessions with a therapist can help when you are ready to make changes in your life. Therapy provides you with a non judgemental space to identify negative patterns and replace them with positive ones.

A therapist can help when you are experiencing relationship problems or want to improve your job performance at work. It can help navigate feelings of being constantly overwhelmed, underappreciated or discontent. Talks with a therapist can help you find tools to create a more free and balanced life.

Anxiety can create roadblocks to the life you want and the life you deserve. When you sit down with a therapist, you can identify the ways that anxiety has impacted your life and find out why you experience reactions to certain situations. Together, you and your therapist can create a plan for managing your anxiety and a plan to reduce the negative impacts it has on your life.

Therapy can help with anxiety symptoms including:

  • Problems at work and in relationships
  • Overwhelming emotions
  • Changes in eating habits
  • Problems sleeping
  • Overall health decline
  • Anti-social feelings
  • Consistent feelings of self-doubt and inadequacy

You don’t have to be in the middle of a panic attack to reach out to a therapist. It’s always helpful to sit down and talk about your emotions, reactions and uncomfortable feelings you experience in life. Talking with a therapist can help you recognize both the positive and negative patterns that contribute to your overall well being.

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