One of the best ways to deal with anxiety is to learn about your own anxiety: your symptoms, what triggers it, and what coping mechanisms have been effective in the past. When you learn what your anxiety is tied to, it can help you be mindful of what’s really happening as well as prevent and mitigate symptoms by processing and working through the issue in therapy. Other strategies that have been shown to help manage anxiety are meditation, challenging anxious thoughts, exercising, and journaling.
On average, people can tend to attend 15 to 20 session of anxiety therapy (five or more months). However, this number is heavily dependent on the type of anxiety that’s being treated and its severity, with many choosing to attend anxiety therapy for a longer period of time to ensure its effectiveness long-term.
The licensed anxiety therapists at Thriveworks in Greenfield, WI work every day with people who experience both mild and acute anxiety disorders. The exceptional mental health providers at Thriveworks use expertise and compassion to help put their clients on the road to recovery so they can achieve their full potential.
The team at Thriveworks can give people the short-term or long-term support they need to reach their goals. Call us or book online to get started at (262) 999-7249.
How Is Anxiety Diagnosed?
Anxiety is diagnosed by symptoms, and different types of anxiety may have differing symptoms. For example:
- Restlessness or feeling edgy or keyed up
- Being easily fatigued
- Attention difficulties or mind going blank
- Irritability
- Muscle tension
- Sleep disturbances
Anxiety may also generate physical symptoms like migraines, sweating, nausea, or shortness of breath. Some people with anxiety suffer from digestive difficulties like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
A highly qualified, fully licensed anxiety therapist at Thriveworks in Greenfield, WI can evaluate a client’s symptoms and determine what kind of anxiety a person is experiencing and what the best course of treatment might be.
What Therapy Is Best for Anxiety?
There are many effective, evidence-based approaches to successfully managing or overcoming anxiety. The mental health professionals at Thriveworks in Greenfield, WI may utilize any of the following types of therapy:
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
- Exposure therapy, especially for specific phobias of objects or situations (also called systematic desensitization)
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Holistic treatments like meditation and deep breathing
- Relaxation techniques like progressive muscle relaxation
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT)
- Panic-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy
- Applied relaxation training (ART)
- Supportive-expressive therapy
- Biofeedback
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR)
- Lifestyle modifications
- Family therapy or couples counseling
A treatment plan at Thriveworks always prioritizes a client’s goals and wishes. Courses of treatment can always change based on client feedback. Because anxiety and depression can sometimes occur together, a therapist may have experience treating both conditions.
How Does CBT Work?
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a way of identifying and modifying maladaptive thinking patterns that might lead to symptoms of anxiety. For example, someone might have particular life-and-death beliefs about what will happen if they’re in an unfamiliar situation. A therapist at Thriveworks in Greenfield, WI can help the client get to the origins of those beliefs and work to substitute healthier, more rational expectations.
Get Affordable Anxiety Therapy at Thriveworks in Greenfield, WI
Anxiety can interfere with life in the worst way by taking the joy out of everyday moments. Start your recovery from anxiety today by calling the Thriveworks office.
We look forward to helping you—just give us a call at (262) 999-7249.
