Anxiety Therapy in Fresno, CA | Telehealth Throughout California
Has Anxiety Become A Burden You Can’t Shake?
Feeling anxious about your relationships, work or sense of self? Is stress making your life a constant struggle? Does persistent fear and worry cause you to withdraw from a social life and make getting through your day a challenge?
When anxiety is your constant companion, life feels like an uphill battle. You might become edgy and tense as your mind floods with constant obsessive thoughts that can become overwhelming.
Anxiety’s daily impact may cause you to overthink every decision, lose motivation or prevent you from doing even routine tasks.
Anxiety Is A Worldwide Mental Health Problem
Although living with anxiety can make us feel cut off from the rest of the world, the truth is we’re not alone. According to the World Health Organization, “anxiety disorders are the world’s most common mental health disorders, affecting 301 million people in 2019.” [1] In addition to General Anxiety Disorder (GAD), millions also suffer from social anxiety, panic attacks, phobias or separation anxiety.
Physical Effects Of Anxiety Can Weigh You Down
Symptoms like a rapid heartbeat, sweaty palms, chronic pain, stomachaches and headaches are a constant reminder of your stress.
The human nervous system is designed with a fight-flight-freeze response that alerts us to physical threats and helps us avoid danger.
However, with anxiety disorders, the level of anxiety we experience is no longer in balance with the external threat. Instead of being triggered by a potentially dangerous situation, our fight-or-flight response gets activated by more common, everyday stressors like work-related problems, financial struggles, relationships or concerns over our health.
When you learn to trust your instincts you feel comfortable in your own skin. You are able to embrace your own “Wise Mind.”
Fortunately, I can help you manage your anxiety and stress effectively. By employing mindfulness strategies in our therapy sessions, you can learn how to keep anxiety at bay to become a happier, more self-confident person.
Anxiety Can Be Exacerbated By A Difficult Childhood
Not surprisingly, the likelihood of suffering from anxiety in adulthood increases if we have lived through abuse, experienced loss or other adverse situations during childhood. Without a stable upbringing, we may self-isolate and withdraw from social interaction, have difficulty trusting ourselves or engage in self-sabotaging behaviors.
Sadly, these tendencies may also be what prevent us from seeking the help we need to overcome anxiety. You don’t have to let anxiety impact your life negatively. Working with me, and the mindfulness strategies I use, we can alleviate your anxiety and instill self-confidence so you can fully trust your ability to deal with life’s challenges.
Mindfulness Therapy for Anxiety Can Help You Get More Out of Life
If your mind is clogged with constant worry and self-doubt, you likely feel you have no mental bandwidth left to focus on solutions. Our therapy sessions will provide a safe arena for you to take a deep breath. With my guidance and judgment-free support, you can gain a better understanding of what triggers your anxiety and learn positive coping skills to manage it.
Once your anxiety is in check, you will get better sleep, feel less irritable, manage impulses successfully and overcome irrational fears.
What To Expect In Sessions
I will ensure you feel safe to openly discuss your concerns in an objective, non-judgmental and caring environment. In addition to gathering your general history, we will explore your family of origin and identify any dysfunction you may have experienced in your childhood.
Whether you suffer from general anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety or phobias, we will tailor a treatment plan that addresses your specific concerns.
Mindfulness Therapy For Anxiety
Because developing a positive mindset is an important part of recovery, I’ll incorporate mindfulness techniques and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into our anxiety therapy sessions.
The principle of mindfulness — tapping into your “Wise Mind” and learning to trust your intuition — helps reduce feelings of insecurity and irrational fears that trigger your anxiety. Mindfulness enables you to remain grounded during challenging situations.
By using progressive relaxation protocols, centering techniques and meditation, you will be equipped with skills to navigate your stressors.
CBT allows you to break free from the patterns that fuel anxiety, worry and fear by identifying negative thoughts and replacing them with positive affirmations. As self-defeating impulses and behaviors are recognized as thoughts and not facts, you realize your potential to make healthy choices.
As anxiety is put in check, a sense of calm will be restored, opening you to new opportunities, newfound clarity and a fresh perspective so you may trust yourself and forge closer relationships.
But You May Not be Sure if Mindfulness Anxiety Therapy is Right For You…
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Be assured that you’re not alone in your thinking. Anxiety can make you lose perspective and, sadly, become resigned to always feeling on-edge, stressed and overwhelmed.
Our counseling sessions can help you step out of the shadow of anxiety by learning effective mindfulness and CBT tools. These can give you the perspective you’ve been missing.
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Whether we meet in person, utilize telehealth or over a video call, I will create a safe, comfortable and easy space for you to discuss your challenges. You will be free to say whatever comes to mind. I speaker your language.
One advantage of telehealth is that you are able to remain in the comfort of your own home. Without having to travel to our session, anxiety therapy has never been easier!
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There are no quick fixes when it comes to managing your anxiety. Although medication can be helpful in some instances, it is subject to potential side effects. What’s more, finding the proper dosage can be tricky. To best treat your anxiety, learning the tools needed to respond to your symptoms - as well as understanding their root causes – is why therapy is the most effective way for the long term.
Problems + Perspectives = Solutions
Let us work together to manage your anxiety more effectively. Please visit my LINK to schedule a consultation. To find out more about Telehealth Mindfulness Therapy with me, please call or text 559-936-2212 or leave a message at 559-435-6861.
Also, please visit my LINK to schedule a FREE 15-minute consultation.
[1] https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/anxiety-disorders
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