Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety is a natural and often helpful response to perceived threats or stressors. It's your body's way of alerting you to potential danger and preparing you to respond. However, sometimes anxiety can become overwhelming or disproportionate to the actual threat, leading to feelings of worry, fear, or unease that persist even when there is no immediate danger.
Anxiety can manifest in physical symptoms such as a racing heart, sweating, trembling, or feeling tense. It can also affect your thoughts, leading to excessive worry, difficulty concentrating, or expecting the worst to happen.
In therapy, we'll work together to identify and challenge negative thought patterns and develop coping strategies to manage anxiety. I will also teach you mindfulness skills to decrease the physiological distress you are experiencing.
Common Anxiety Disorders Include:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD): Characterized by persistent and excessive worry about a variety of things, such as work, health, or family, that is difficult to control.
Panic Disorder: Characterized by recurring panic attacks, which are sudden feelings of intense fear or discomfort that peak within minutes.
Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia): Involves an intense fear of social situations and scrutiny by others, leading to avoidance of social interactions.
Specific Phobias: Involves an intense fear of a specific object or situation, such as heights, spiders, or flying, leading to avoidance behavior.