“I was able to find the root causes of my anxiety and gain a sense of confidence I haven't had before." (former client, age 32)What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is a broad word for different experiences of fear. Anxiety can affect your happiness and well being, and maybe your home life and/or work life. Anxiety can elicit feelings of restlessness or wanting to flee or to freeze in a situation. It can cause a person to feel disconnected, lonely, scared, and isolated.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Panic Attacks
Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms (OCD)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Social Anxiety (or separation anxiety as a child)
Phobias
Eating Disorders (Anorexic, Bulimic, or Binge Eating symptoms)
Anxiety disorders can be debilitating, but often can be resolved with the right therapy.
recovery from Anxiety Disorders
There is good news for you if you suffer from trauma or anxiety. There are many helpful techniques in therapy that can help shift the way your brain and body may be responding to fear and anxiety, resulting in increased experiences of empowerment, ease, and confidence.
As we build a solid therapeutic relationship in which there is trust, we can work together to resolve anxiety through the use of IFS (Internal Family Systems), Buddhist approaches such as meditation, Somatic Experiencing, and others, listed below.
Treatment Options for Anxiety Disorders:
Somatic Experiencing and IFS - helps to calm the body and mind, creating more ease in understanding your anxiety and the source of it, allowing you to heal.
Meditation Training - helps you to get outside the anxiety and connect with an inner sense of peace and well-being. Helps you develop a part of yourself called “the observer self,” which can facilitate an experience of yourself as bigger than your anxiety, because, the truth is YOU ARE bigger than your anxiety. Having this increased awareness of self brings freedom from anxiety and more choices, curiosity, and connection.
EMDR - facilitates reprocessing of negative beliefs and fears so that they no longer affect your everyday life.
Emotional Freedom Technique or tapping therapy - easily learned skills that can be used anytime anywhere to reduce anxiety, negative feelings, thoughts, and beliefs.
Energy work such as Reiki - can bring a feeling of relief from anxiety and increase your ability to relax both in session and on your own.
Anxiety THERAPIST
It is very important you find the right therapist for you, and that you find one who has the training and experience to help you heal. There are many people who call themselves trauma informed or specialists in anxiety. Look into the training and experience of anyone you choose to help you. Contact me for a free consultation
