Chronic anxiety can disrupt everyday life, including family and social interactions. Greenwich Psychology Group is able to offer treatment modalities to both children and adults experiencing generalized anxiety disorder and other anxiety conditions. Here is more information about the role of anxiety therapy in daily life:
Change Thought Patterns
Anxiety therapy helps address generalized anxiety disorder. Symptoms include difficulty with uncertainty and anxiety about situations beyond your control; this can disrupt daily life at work or school. Greenwich Psychology Group conducts assessments to identify the challenges you are facing, allowing us to customize treatment.
Anxiety therapy includes cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT); this works to help identify thought patterns that occur as a fear response. A therapist challenges these thoughts and helps you build new patterns. Professionals also assist with cognitive restructuring. During a therapy session, you and your therapist review responses and talk about practical ways to challenge the thought. Then you work on practicing new responses to utilize in daily situations.
Journaling and writing down thoughts between sessions helps you identify thought patterns to work on. Learning how to identify and address negative thoughts helps you stop negative thinking spirals in everyday life. This can change behavior and give you new skills to face unexpected challenges.
Help Reduce Fear Response
Panic disorder is a type of anxiety, and it is characterized by experiencing panic attacks. During a panic attack, a person may feel overwhelming fear and confusion, with physical symptoms such as a racing heart and shaking. Trying to avoid situations that trigger panic attacks often disrupts daily life.
Therapy is able to support you when you encounter potentially triggering situations. A therapist utilizes exposure techniques, which work to desensitize you to certain situations. This is useful for navigating panic disorders, as it involves gradually facing your fears. One of our therapists exposes you to sensations that accompany panic; this offers you a safe space to find a way to navigate your feelings. This process of facing fears reduces the fear response.
Learn Coping Mechanisms
You can learn healthy coping mechanisms to utilize in day-to-day life to reduce anxiety. This includes physical exercises such as muscle relaxation and breathing exercises. Mindfulness techniques allow you to learn how to observe reactions to new stimuli. This encourages you to pay attention to what is happening with a non-judgmental approach, creating distance between yourself and the emotions. Our therapists offer mindfulness-based therapy to help you learn how to respond positively to situations instead of reacting negatively.
Learn More About Anxiety Therapy
Reducing anxiety symptoms in day-to-day life can help you address new situations in more positive ways. We offer both in-person and virtual structured sessions to help patients set regular goals. Convenient, regular sessions also give our therapists an opportunity to follow up and adjust treatment strategies as needed. A symptom tracker is available; we provide this tool to help you review anxiety symptoms over the last two weeks. Reviewing these patterns provides a useful starting point for identifying areas of progress. To schedule a consultation with a therapist, we invite you to contact Greenwich Psychology Group today.
