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Anxiety is Troubling yet Normal
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is a normal human response to situations your brain determines are dangerous. Everyone gets anxious at times and sometimes it a good thing to get anxious. If we are threatened our brain needs to kick into fight, flight, or freeze mode. We can then react to keep ourselves safe.
The problem with anxiety
Anxiety can be problematic when we feel the effects but in reality we are not in danger. We can excessively worry, feel body tension, nauseous, have anger outbursts, not sleep well, and feel fatigued. Anxiety can be triggered by thoughts and memories of past traumas, hurts, abuse. We can also be genetically predisposed to anxiety. And if have current stressors such as work or difficult relationships that go unresolved, we can begin to have problems with anxiety.
the good news about anxiety
According the National Institute of Health, around 30% of US adults will have anxiety issues in their lifetime. It is the most common mental health disorder.
So, it is important to know that: you are not alone! You are not weak! You are not weird!
And the good news is that counseling can offer some wonderful tools to cope with anxiety.
This is where I come in
I provide a listening ear, compassion, and empathy for the struggles you are going through.
I also offer a wide range of approaches to cope with anxiety such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Image Transformation Therapy (IMTT), the Flash technique, and relaxation breathing skills.
See more information below.
ACT- Acceptance Commitment therapy
This is a therapeutic approach that assists the client in recognizing difficult habits of thought and coming to accept them, allow them, then taking a healthy action for ourselves based on our values. By not struggling with our thoughts and emotions we begin to take the power out of them and their effect on us. Our thoughts and emotions can be uncomfortable but we can strive to take virtuous actions for ourselves.
"Be a little comfortable with uncomfortable"- David Mora
CBT- cognitive behavioral therapy
CBT is a widely-used, evidence-based form of psychotherapy that focuses on changing negative thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress. Thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are interconnected, and by changing irrational or harmful thoughts and behaviors, individuals can improve their emotional well-being and manage their mental health conditions more effectively.
flash Technique
The Flash Technique (FT) is a recently developed evidenced-based therapeutic intervention for reducing the disturbance associated with traumatic or other distressing memories. Unlike many conventional trauma therapy interventions, FT is a minimally intrusive option that does not require the client to consciously engage with the traumatic memory. FT has been demonstrated to be effective in reducing the disturbance level associated with severely painful memories, sometimes in as little as ten to fifteen minutes. Like EMDR, FT utilizes eye movements or alternating tapping and is designed to resolve unprocessed traumatic memories in the brain.
IMTT- Image Transformation Therapy
This is a type of trauma therapy that is a gentle and thorough release of past hurts, fears, and effects of trauma. Through the use of our God given imagination and breathe we can release unpleasant emotions that are in the body and mind. We can then deconstruct images of past hurts and fears so that the memory of them no longer has such a stranglehold over us.
We can also work in a similar way to release the attraction towards unwanted behaviors such as pornography, excessive drinking, eating, shopping, screen time, social media, etc.
"Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind..."- Romans 12:2
call me for a 15 minute free consultation to further discuss your anxiety challenges.
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