Anxiety Therapy
Anxiety is prevalent to the point where it might seem ordinary, leading you to brush it off as just another part of life. Anxiety’s grip is often too tight to ignore. At times, it can be relentless, overpowering, and beyond your control. When anxiety reaches a level where it starts to impede your daily routine, it is time to reclaim your normal level of daily functioning.
What does anxiety feel like?
Identifying anxiety as the underlying cause of changes in emotions or behavior isn’t always straightforward, yet it’s crucial to recognize its symptoms. Anxiety manifests uniquely in each individual, impacting them in varied ways.
- Faster, irregular or more noticeable heartbeat
- Feeling lightheaded or dizzy
- Headaches
- Chest pains
- Digestive issues
- Sweating
- Shortness of breath
- Difficulty concentrating
- Feeling tense or nervous
- Intrusive thoughts
- Worrying about the past or future
How can anxiety therapy help me?
Anxiety is highly treatable, with therapy often proving to be the most efficacious approach for many. Anxiety therapy delves beyond mere symptom management. It aids in unveiling the root causes of your concerns and apprehensions, teaches relaxation techniques, encourages viewing situations from less daunting perspectives, and fosters the development of effective coping mechanisms and problem-solving skills.
Engaging in therapy requires dedication and effort, and it’s common to experience heightened anxiety before experiencing improvement. Initial sessions where you feel worse can actually indicate progress, as therapy facilitates a profound exploration of challenging emotions. Throughout therapy, you’ll gain insight into how your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs influence your anxiety symptoms. By acquiring techniques to shift your mindset, you’ll diminish the frequency and severity of both psychological and physical manifestations of anxiety. Ultimately, anxiety therapy can foster increased confidence, improved social comfort, and decreased stress in daily life.
Anxiety Therapy in the Nashville Area
Individual therapy sessions are held weekly or biweekly and last 90 minutes. If you are ready to triumph over anxiety, I am here to help.