Anxiety

In its simplest form, anxiety is a helpful signal to us that something needs to be attended to.  Something is wrong and we need to think about a solution. Maybe we forgot to pay a bill or make a phone call and a nagging sensation of anxiety alerts us to take action. Or perhaps there is a big project due, and we haven’t left enough time to work on it – anxiety can be helpful because it tells us we need to make a decision or improve a plan.

However, anxiety can become a problem in itself, when it is experienced too often or too intensely, inhibiting a fully functioning life. An anxiety problem can be mildly irritating, or disabling to a person’s ability to function. Some indications of an anxiety problem might be:

In psychotherapy, I can help you to both understated the roots of the anxiety, and to develop behavioral strategies to diminish its power. I will help you to work with your thoughts and feelings to develop a more positive and healthy environment within your own mind, in which to live and enjoy your life. You can learn to be more in control of the anxiety once it starts, and to decrease its intensity, by using thoughts, breath work and attitude changes.

In addition, if medication is indicated, I will refer you to a psychiatrist in order to supplement the therapy with medications.

Tools such as relaxation, breathing exercises and breath awareness, meditation and Yoga can also help to stabilize and enrich your life, making you more truly confident in yourself.  I can help you to integrate the use of these tools and practices into your life, increasing your confidence and comfort. You can develop more energy and strength in order to deal with changes in your life, and to put into perspective, the long-standing issues which cause fear, retreat and anxiety.