Anxiety therapists in Bemidji, Minnesota MN
Anxiety or Fears
Lisa Saponaro, PhD Inc
Psychologist, Ph.D
Each of us faces obstacles and difficulties in life differently, and at times we can all use help. Individuals frequently seek my services during times of transition, when decision making appears to have a greater impact on our future directions.
26 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Josh Dolin: Purpose Pathfinder
Life Coach
My therapy for anxiety involves understanding its root causes and developing personalized strategies to manage fears. Techniques may include mindfulness, relaxation exercises, and cognitive-behavioral methods to challenge and alter anxious thoughts. Embark on your journey to manage anxiety by scheduling a complimentary 15-minute consultation, where we'll discuss personalized treatment strategies.
21 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Jayson L. Mystkowski
Psychologist, Ph.D., ABPP
While Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT) is highly effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders (e.g., Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder), clinicians do see some “return of fear,” or partial relapse, in some patients due to a variety of factors. Over the past two decades, treatment researchers, with whom Dr. Jayson Mystkowski had the pleasure of working with at UCLA for over 10 years, have studied “return of fear” and discovered some key variables that may optimize the effects of learning during CBT for anxiety disorders (Craske et al., 2008).
First, evidence suggests that focusing on tolerating fear versus eliminating fear yields better clinical outcomes in the long term. Namely, teaching clients that fear and anxiety are normal feelings, rather than attempting to “down-regulate” such feelings all the time, is more realistic and seems to engender “hardier” clients. Second, helping clients to generate an expectancy that “scary things will not happen,” is very powerful. To do this, it is important for clinicians to create more complex exposure exercises (i.e., tasks in which a client confronts a stimulus of which they are afraid), using multiple feared stimuli instead of one at a time. Then, the lack of a feared outcome becomes particularly surprising and memorable for a client and fear reduction is more potent. Third, increasing the accessibility and retrievability of non-fear memories learned during treatment are powerful factors in mitigating against a return of fear. Craske and colleagues demonstrated that exposure to variations of a feared stimulus, using a random schedule across multiple contexts or situations, is more effective than exposure to the same stimulus, on a predictable schedule, in an unchanging environment. The former paradigm, it is argued, creates stronger non-fear memories that are easier for a client to access when subsequently confronting feared objects or situations outside of the therapy context, than the later scenario.
In sum, clinicians have long been aware that some fear or anxiety returns following very successful CBT treatment. As mentioned above, there are some clear, empirically supported ways to modify the therapy we provide to further help clients generalize the gains made in therapy sessions to the real world.
20 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Dr. Alex Littleton
Psychologist, Licensed Psychologist
We specialize in gold-standard approaches for all things anxiety & OCD. These approaches include CBT, ACT, ERP, DBT, and trauma-informed treatments, and can be used to treat a wide variety of psychological issues.
8 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Tree of Life Art Therapy
Art Therapist, LMFT, ATR-BC
When I work with you as a therapist I can help you uncover the underlying causes of your anxiety, worries and fears. Through Engaging in the creative process is an enjoyable experience and I can help you learn how to relax and reduce stress and anxiety. I can help you develop and use healthier coping mechanisms and problem-solving skills. Through working with me I can give you the necessary tools to overcome anxiety and teach you how to use them. You don't have to be an artist to try it! Many people find high levels of stress reduction and freedom from anxiety through working with me.
15 Years Experience