Anxiety therapists in Altamonte Springs, Florida FL

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Anxiety often feeds on itself until you get to the point where you start to feel anxious about your anxiety and can sometimes feel as though you’re spiraling out of control. When anxiety becomes overwhelming and interferes with your life, it may be time to seek help. I like to begin with mindfulness techniques to help you increase self -compassion and calm your nervous system providing some immediate relief to your anxiety symptoms. I also help you find the root cause of your anxiety so you can make lasting changes. This may include learning how to reduce and cope with stress, setting healthy boundaries, learning how to communicate your needs more effectively and/or identifying and changing negative thought patterns. Anxiety is very treatable. It takes patience and hard work but you can get better.  

My approach with anxiety is understanding your symptoms from a holistic perspective. We will learn triggers for your anxiety, ways to reduce exposure, and how to face things head on with new coping skills. We will use somatic-based mindfulness practices to connect to the physical sensations for a deeper understanding.  

Together we can go at the pace you set and work through techniques to lessen your anxiety levels.  

You used to be able to manage your worries, fears, and anxiety but now it feels like too much. It is impacting work and home as well as relationships. You are fearful you might not get relief or feel sane but you are willing to try. There are many things about the brain and body connection that once learned can help you to understand yours and calm it.  

As your therapist I focus on skill-building and specialize in treatment for anxiety. My goal is to help you learn the tools needed to manage feelings of stress and anxiety, and move toward a healthy state of being.  

Through CBT I can help you heal your emotions through developing new thinking styles and behaviors that will free you up from self-criticism, negative assumptions, and that sense of dread and pressure that's so uncomfortable. Through CBT and trauma informed counseling, you'll be able to experience more positive emotions and more adaptive responses. Many times our own thoughts have skewed evaluation processes and negative internal beliefs that we may not be even fully aware of which contributes to our anxiety. Together we will identify other sources of anxiety in your life as well such as lack of boundaries, unhealthy relationships, stress at work, etc and start resolving those issues together.  

I educate my clients about how anxiety presents in the body, the biological function anxiety serves, how to recognize triggers, and how to practice coping skills to help manage and reduce anxiety.  

Anxiety and stress therapy with me is indeed a unique experience. Several assessment tools are used including an accountability chart which guides healthy life balance. Other effective forms of treatment include anxiety management, cognitive therapy and exposure therapy. With anxiety management I teach patients skills that will help them cope.  

All staff are trained in working with anxiety and phobias.