Anxiety Therapy
Are Anxious And Distressing Thoughts Interfering With Your Life?
Is it difficult for you to relax because your mind keeps ruminating on situations that are out of your control? Has your performance suffered because constant fear and worry prevent you from concentrating on the task at hand? Have past traumatic experiences left you in constant fear and apprehension toward certain people or environments?
Maybe your inability to voice how you are feeling causes you to shut down and withdraw. Or perhaps you tend to overthink any and all interactions, gradually causing you to lose connection with yourself, your partner, friends, or family.
Deep down, what you want is a calm mind and body free from anxious thoughts and feelings.
Anxiety Is More Than Just Excessive Worry
Having anxiety is not just about worrying. You may experience restlessness, fatigue, impaired concentration, irritability, difficulty sleeping, fatigue, muscle tightness, heart palpitations, and elevated blood pressure.
Perhaps you have difficulty sleeping due to worry and ruminating thoughts. You may feel alone with your anxiety, misunderstood by those around you because they cannot relate to what you are going through.
You are not alone. Anxiety therapy with Romero Counseling and Wellness can guide you toward managing anxiety symptoms and achieving a relaxed state of mind.
Though Anxiety Is Common, It Does Not Have To Dictate The Course Of Your Life
Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental health disorders in the United States, impacting over 40 million American adults, or 19.1 percent of the adult population each year. (1)
Worrying or fear are normal human emotions that everyone experiences now and then. It is a natural response to overwhelming or stressful situations. It can sometimes be beneficial, urging you to solve problems and take action to stay away from danger.
However, chronic anxiety is cause for concern. It involves excessive fear, panic, or unease that lingers for extended periods and negatively affects your daily life. Unlike temporary worrying, anxiety can be debilitating.
Multiple Experiences Influence The Development Of Anxiety
When someone experiences chronic stress, emotional trauma, medical conditions, and financial concerns, it can significantly affect a person’s mental and emotional well-being.
Although multiple experiences lead to anxiety, trauma notably influences as well. Trauma can lead to persistent negative thoughts and beliefs about yourself and the world around you. It can disrupt your sense of peace, safety, and security, resulting in anxious thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Therapy with Romero Counseling and Wellness can help you understand the root of your symptoms and provide the tools you need to heal from anxiety symptoms.
Anxiety Therapy Can Help You Regain Your Peace Of Mind
Opening up and sharing your thoughts and fears can feel uncomfortable and scary at first. However, therapy provides a safe and nurturing environment to have your thoughts and feelings heard and validated. When this happens, it’s much easier to experience relief from the symptoms of anxiety disorders.
At Romero Counseling & Wellness, rather than focusing on problems, we provide solution-focused therapy to explore practical solutions to help manage and heal anxiety. We also provide trauma Informed care that guides therapists to conduct therapy to prevent re-traumatization.
Having a compassionate anxiety therapist by your side can give you insight into the causes of your fears and worries. You can learn strategies to calm the mind and body while unlearning unhealthy thinking patterns.
Our Tailored Approach To Anxiety Therapy
At Romero Counseling and Wellness, we use several approaches to treat anxiety including:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy allows us to explore where negative beliefs or feelings originated and identify your earliest memories and triggers of anxiety. EMDR treatment can help you to process these triggers and memories.
EMDR uses bilateral stimulation techniques like eye movements and hand taps while briefly focusing on a traumatic memory to help process it. When reprocessing fear-based memories, you will experience shifts in negative thoughts and beliefs and develop more positive and adaptive ways of thinking about yourself and your experiences.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), focuses on identifying, exploring, and changing negative belief patterns contributing to anxiety. Your therapist will provide psychoeducation about anxiety, helping you understand the connection between your thoughts, emotions, and actions. They’ll also give you relaxation skills and coping strategies to manage your symptoms.
Cognitive restructuring is an essential part of CBT. It allows you to replace anxious thoughts with thoughts that are positive and empowering. This helps reduce anxiety-inducing beliefs and encourages a more balanced perspective.
Exposure Therapy is a component of CBT that incorporates gradual and controlled exposure to triggers. You’ll learn to confront your fears in a safe, comfortable, and supportive environment. As time passes, exposure helps reduce anxious responses to your fears.
Mindfulness and Relaxation Practices such as insight meditation, self-compassion practices, and energy meditation are also highly effective in treating anxiety disorders.
During insight meditation, we will teach you how to focus your attention on the present moment. This involves connecting with yourself while meditating by using an anchor such as your breath and paying attention to mind, body, and life experiences as they arise.
Self-compassion is the process of being kind, caring and understanding toward yourself during times of suffering. Learning self-compassion strategies teaches you to be compassionate toward yourself so you can help alleviate the symptoms of anxiety.
Relaxation exercises include breathing and grounding strategies that remind you to focus on the present moment while helping you calm your central nervous system.
Solution-Focused Therapy is a strength-based treatment modality that helps explore solutions rather than focusing on problems to manage anxiety. This treatment method provides practical strategies to help heal anxiety.
No matter the modality used, our ultimate goal is to help you effectively manage and heal from anxiety symptoms. Anxiety is very treatable, and with the right support, you can loosen its grip on your life and experience newfound peace of mind.
Perhaps You Are Considering Anxiety Therapy But Still Have Some Questions…
How can I know If I am at risk for developing anxiety?
Many different life events could cause you to develop anxiety. Though finding yourself in these circumstances does not necessarily mean you suffer from it, a few situations that could trigger anxiety include; financial stressors, separation, and divorce, exposure to stressful life events in childhood and adulthood, anxiety disorders in close biological relatives, and parental history of mental disorders. If you suspect you may have an anxiety disorder, seeking therapy can help you overcome your symptoms and live a fulfilling life.
What are some of the most common anxiety disorders?
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Panic Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Social Phobia are some of the more common anxiety disorders. These can all be treated with the support of capable therapists like those at Romero Counseling and Wellness.
What is anxiety?
Anxiety is a normal response to distressing situations. It is a feeling of worry, fear, or unease that manifests emotionally, mentally, and physically. Though occasional anxiety is common, it is a sign that something is wrong when it is persistent and excessive. Seeking counseling is one of the best ways you can help manage anxiety and enjoy the life you desire.
You Can Experience A Calm, Quiet Mind
Excessive worry, negative thoughts, and panic no longer have to be commonplace in your life. Therapy with Romero Counseling and Wellness can help you manage your symptoms, quiet your anxious thoughts and heal your mind and body.
Call us at (623) 267-5596 or schedule a free 15-minute consultation. A life not controlled by anxiety awaits you.
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