Anxiety Treatment

God wants to replace your anxiety with His peace. Ephesians 4:6-7 says, "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.  And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”  1 Peter 5:7 says, “Cast your anxieties upon Him, for He cares for you.” And Colossians 3:15 says He wants the peace of Christ to rule in your heart.  

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Anxiety is a form of fear, which is a God-given human emotion. Healthy anxiety helps you prepare for a test or a project at work. It allows you to be prepared.  But when anxiety starts to take over your life, it stops being a defender and starts being a ruler.  And anxiety is a terrible ruler that kills your peace and happiness.  It steals your ability to focus and concentrate, making you less productive.  It destroys your creativity and your ability to hope for the best.  When anxiety invades your emotional and physical space on a regular basis, your life become disrupted and unmanageable.

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Do you frequently have intense and persistent worries and fears about everyday situations?   Do you experience sudden onslaughts of panic?  Do your anxious feelings and/or panic interfere with your daily activities?  Are they difficult to control?  Are they disproportionate to the actual danger, and last longer than the situation deserves?  Have you been struggling with these symptoms since childhood or youth?  

Some of the symptoms of anxiety include:

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• Sense of impending danger or doom

• Not knowing how to move forward

• Logical Paralysis

• Increased heart rate

• Rapid breathing

• Sweating

• Trembling

• Feeling weak or tired

• Trouble concentrating on anything else

• Trouble sleeping

• Digestive problems

• Avoiding things that make you nervous
   

If you’re worrying too much and it’s interfering with your work or relationships, if your anxiety is hard to control, if your worries don’t go away on their own or get worse over time it may be time to see a therapist who can help you develop strategies to lower you anxiety.
 

Many People Could Use Anxiety Treatmet

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Everyone experiences anxiety in their life. In every group of ten people, two have problems with anxiety that need treatment, and many of the other eight have friends of loved ones who do.

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According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety disorders are the most common mental health issue in America. 40 million adults in the U.S. – around 2 out of 10 people – are impacted by anxiety disorders every year.  Anxiety disorders affect 25.1% of children between 13 and 18 years old. Untreated, these children tend to perform poorly in school, miss out on important social development, and engage in substance abuse.

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Opening up and getting a support system will help you get better.  Validation and support are like a miracle drug or an anchor in the storm for anxiety.  You don’t have to face this problem by yourself.

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You Can Have Peace With Anxiety Treatment

 

The good news is that anxiety disorders are highly treatable.  Most people who suffer from anxiety and get treatment are able to reduce or completely eliminate their symptoms after several months of therapy, and many notice improvement after only a few sessions. ​

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How Does Anxiety Treatment Work?

 

Anxiety disorders are treated on two fronts: medication and talk therapy.  Counselors don't prescribe medication and doctors don't do talk therapy. Your doctor knows what medications to prescribe, and we know how to do talk therapy.  Some of our counselors will use a talk therapy called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to teach you skills to improve your symptoms. ​​​​​​​Others use Exposure Therapy to help you gradually encounter the object or situation that makes you anxious so that you build confidence to manage the situation and symptoms. 

 

Others use some form of Attachment Theory that uses the power of a safe and secure human connection to overcome the power of anxiety.

 

Others are trained in EMDR (eye movement desensitization reprocessing), which directs eye movements as you process distressing scenarios and shifting your focus to positive thoughts, causing anxiety to dissipate.

 

All of these treatments and others do work to get out-of-control anxiety under control or eliminate it.

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Lifestyle changes can also make a difference, such as:

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• Staying physically active

• Cutting out nicotine, alcohol, and recreational drugs

• Practicing stress management and relaxation techniques

• Learning the power of prayer

• Getting better sleep

• Eating healthy
   

A therapist can help identify some of the ways anxiety specifically affects you.  Anxiety can be the result of something unresolved in your life or even some event that you haven’t fully recovered from, so it continues to cause emotional and physical reactions.  Because you live with this on a daily basis, you may not see all the ways if affects you and how you could be free from it, but a therapist can help you recognize how anxiety is affecting your life and help you develop strategies to combat the affects such as 

 

• Staying physically active

• Cutting out nicotine, alcohol, and recreational drugs

• Practicing stress management and relaxation techniques

• Learning the power of prayer

• Getting better sleep

• Eating healthy

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How Can You Get Started?

 

You can schedule a free, no-obligation consultation with one of our trained Christian counselors who will answer any questions you have.  If you feel like it’s a good fit, then you will make an appointment for your first counseling session, and you’re on your way.  Contact us or call us at 972-422-8383 today for a free consultation.