What is anxiety therapy?
Anxiety therapy helps people better understand and manage their anxiety. Anxiety therapists at Thriveworks in Lynchburg, VA can develop a treatment plan that will help you better manage your day-to-day anxiety or your anxiety disorder.
How does anxiety therapy work?
Anxiety therapy involves talking to a therapist about symptoms, potential causes, and more. Thriveworks Lynchburg therapists will then work with you to determine where your anxiety might stem from and teach you effective coping mechanisms.
How to deal with anxiety?
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.
Symptoms of anxiety
Common symptoms of anxiety include:
- Sense of impending danger
- Nervousness/restlessness
- Trouble focusing
- Excessive sweating
- Shaking
- Headaches
- Stomach issues
- Fatigue
- Panic attacks
- Increased heart rate
What is the best therapy for anxiety?
Is anxiety therapy conducted in person or online?
Anxiety therapy is conducted both in person and online, depending on the individual's preferences and their therapist's availability. We suggest choosing the option that best suits your needs.
How long does anxiety therapy last?
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.
Is therapy worth it for anxiety?
Yes, it is worth going to therapy for anxiety. If you are struggling with regular anxious thoughts and feelings that are affecting your day-to-day life or you suspect that you have an anxiety disorder, you should seek expert anxiety help.
Need more help deciding?
Anxiety is one of the most overwhelming human experiences. It is both emotional and physical. Emotionally, symptoms of anxiety can include a send of impending doom, jitteriness or nervousness, or a sense of “being on edge.” The physical symptoms of anxiety are no less severe and can include feeling short of breath, cold sweats, shaking, rapid heart beat, and many more physical symptoms.
In fact, many people with severe anxiety learn about first after showing up the their local emergency room, thinking that they must be having a heart attack.
Getting Started with Anxiety Counseling
If you’re struggling with anxiety, be it a “general” anxiety that seems to come from nowhere, a specific anxiety (like an “academic” anxiety), or even a “social” anxiety, the licensed, experienced, caring counselors and psychologists at Thriveworks Lynchburg Counseling want to help.
We have a “no waiting list” policy, which means that anyone who calls us for an appointment gets a session within 24 hours. Also, we make counseling affordable, because we are in-network with most major insurance plans.
Call us today at 434-528-3263.