Anxiety Therapy
Does It Feel Like Anxiety Has Taken Over Your Life?
Are you struggling with overthinking and racing thoughts? Do you find yourself endlessly replaying past interactions in your head every night? Are you always worried that you’ll mess up or say the wrong thing?
Maybe you’re dealing with uncertainty around day-to-day decision-making. Perhaps you’re stressed about finances, career choices, and relationship issues. You might suffer from chest tightness, nightmares, lack of sleep, and other panic-related symptoms. Perhaps you’re struggling with social anxiety—you feel like you’re always blowing it with your relationships, giving too much information or keeping too many thoughts to yourself. Deep down, you might ask: Can I ever catch a break?
Anxiety Makes You Unable To Live In The Present
When you’re dealing with anxiety, it’s easy to feel like you’re always living in the past or future but never the present. One moment you’re cycling through past decisions and interactions and thinking about all the mistakes you made. The next you’re worrying about tomorrow and imagining all the worst-case scenarios that could play out.
If you wish you could slow down in life and feel more present in the moment, we encourage you to pursue anxiety therapy with us. Here at Archer Counseling Group, our goal is to help you quiet your racing thoughts, learn to trust your intuition, and feel more at home in your own skin.
Living With Chronic Anxiety Has Become The New Normal In Today’s World
Anxiety is designed to protect you. It’s a survival mechanism that can be useful in dangerous or stressful situations. If a bear is chasing you, then it’s good to feel anxious. Or if you’re about to take an important test, feeling a little anxious can help you stay motivated. But when anxiety starts to control your decisions and interfere with your social life, that’s a sign that it might be worth seeking therapy.
In today’s world, living with chronic anxiety has become the new normal. The ads we see, the news we watch, and the social media we consume all encourage an anxious mindset. Our culture puts so much pressure on us to succeed in life that anxiety is all but inevitable. What’s more, many of us have unresolved trauma in our lives that decreases our ability to feel present and secure
Many People Struggle With Anxiety Without Even Knowing It
Oftentimes, people are so used to living with chronic anxiety that they don’t recognize it until their anxiety gets out of control. It’s hard to identify anxiety when you’re so conditioned to its effects. You might tell yourself that your stress levels are normal—you’ve always felt this way, so you’ve never considered the possibility of feeling differently.
This is why an outside perspective is such a blessing. A therapist can help you see your anxiety from a different angle and understand that another way of living is possible.
Therapy Provides A Safe And Encouraging Space To Get To The Bottom Of Your Anxiety
Anxiety has a way of convincing you to avoid everything that makes you anxious. While this may seem like a good thing, it only makes your anxiety stronger. Just like a wound, refusing to treat it only makes it hurt more. Instead of avoiding the source of your anxiety, counseling is a chance to dig deep and get to the root of it in a way that’s comfortable for you.
Although taking the initial step of starting treatment can seem scary at first, we are confident that you will feel relieved and liberated once the healing process begins. What’s more, therapy with Archer Counseling Group always goes at a pace that’s right for you. We want to provide you with a safe and encouraging space to confront your fears, learn new skills, and get to the bottom of your stress.
What To Expect In Anxiety Treatment Sessions
Together, we’ll explore how negative thought patterns in your life are contributing to anxious emotions and behavior. We’ll also look at what behaviors serve you and what behaviors don’t. Therapy is a chance to identify any negative ways of dealing with anxiety (such as drinking, people-pleasing, or excessively isolating) and correct them. We want to help you come up with coping skills that are effective and don’t reinforce avoidant behaviors.
What skills we use depends on what works for you. Everyone is different. Our practice often utilizes a lot of grounding strategies like mindfulness, thought challenging, walking and deep breathing. The goal is to equip you with skills that increase your self-awareness and allow you to be present in the moment.
No matter how anxious you feel right now, we are confident that we can help you lower your stress levels and experience peace of mind. You may not be able to erase anxiety, but with the right help and support, you can reduce its effect on your life and improve your confidence in the process.
You May Have Some Concerns About Anxiety Therapy…
I feel like my issues are relatively insignificant and other people have it worse.
It’s normal to compare yourself to other people. But virtually everyone can name someone who seems to “have it worse” than them. Besides, if your anxious thoughts and avoidant behaviors are driving you to research therapy, maybe it’s time to seek help. You deserve care and attention regardless of whether or not other people have it worse.
I feel like I should be able to overcome anxiety on my own.
No matter how intelligent or resourceful you are, you are limited to your own perspective when you’re on your own. The beauty of therapy is that you can get an outside perspective on your situation and see it with fresh eyes. What’s more, you’ll still be doing most of the work in therapy. Our role is simply encouraging you, challenging you, and helping you find the answers within yourself.
What if I’m not ready to talk about everything?
Then you don’t have to! Anxiety counseling with us always goes at your own pace. You get to choose what you say and don’t say and you never have to share something you’re uncomfortable with.