Therapy for AnxietyAdmin User2023-03-31T09:26:27-04:00
Therapy for Anxiety in Bergen County
Learn to Manage Your Anxiousness
Is anxiety disrupting your life? Are you always feeling on edge? Living in a constant state of worry? While it’s completely normal to feel anxious now and then over things like public speaking, tests, or social situations, pervasive feelings of fear and doom are not. I’m here to help you get a handle on these disruptive emotions and manage the symptoms that go along with them.
What Is Anxiety?
Anxiety is different for everyone, but in general, it is a feeling of dread, fear, or uneasiness. These feelings may be accompanied by physical symptoms like excessive sweating or a rapid heartbeat. On the positive, feelings of anxiety can also help you to focus or even give you a quick boost of energy – think fight or flight. But for people with anxiety disorders, these feelings are not fleeting and can be all encompassing and overwhelming.
Types of Anxiety
There are varying types of anxiety, which can cause an array of symptoms and behaviors:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
People suffering from GAD experience persistent concerns about the future, with exaggerated and unrealistic worry and tension. Their anxiety is chronic and can occur with little or nothing provoking it.
Panic Disorder
This displays itself as a sudden, intense fear that brings on a panic attack or acute anxiety. Panic attacks may cause sweating, dizziness, chest pain, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, and a feeling like you are choking. They mimic heart attacks and can last from minutes to hours.
Social Anxiety
Social anxiety is just as it sounds – you feel very uncomfortable in social situations or when you must meet new people. You are self-conscious and worry that others are judging you, which can cause you to avoid social activities.
Specific Phobias
A phobia is an overwhelming and unreasonable fear about things or situations, such as flying, heights, bridges, elevators or spiders, which causes you to avoid ordinary situations.
Agoraphobia
Some people experience panic or anxiousness when they are in a place that is hard to escape, such as a plane, train, or even crowds.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD
This type of anxiety disorder is characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts and/or repetitive behaviors like hand washing, counting, checking, or cleaning.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
PTSD can develop after experiencing a terrifying event in which serious physical harm occurred or was threatened, such as an assault, natural disaster, accident, or military combat.
What Are the Symptoms of Anxiety?
As mentioned above, anxiety is unique to the person, and so are the symptoms, but some common symptoms and signs include:
Sweating
Heart palpitations
Dizziness
Tightness in chest
Shortness of breath
Nausea
Gastrointestinal issues
Staying awake at night worrying
Having obsessive thoughts about doing something the right way
Anxiety can wreak havoc on your life. In addition to a range of physical symptoms, anxiety can cause you to avoid fun activities, damage relationships with friends and loved ones, and prevent you from getting things done at work and home. I offer psychotherapy sessions customized to your unique experiences in a safe space. Using cognitive behavioral therapy, I help you recognize how your perceptions may differ from reality and work with you to uncover what deep down is causing those emotions. I will also work with you to productively shape and change behavior related to anxiety in order to achieve a new mastery and confidence in life. During your sessions, we explore your way of thinking, feelings, and behaviors. I teach you the tools to recognize your anxieties and meet them head on in healthy ways.
I am with you every step of the way on your road to catching and correcting anxious thinking.
