Anxiety therapists in Logan, Ohio OH
Anxiety or Fears
Karen Queller
Art Therapist, M.A Expressive Arts Therapy
Fears are a part of life. Learn to act in spite of them.
5 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Julie Novak
Psychologist, PsyD
Anxiety can feel like it's consuming your life, your energy, your ability to engage with others and enjoy activities. Constant worrying, the what-ifs, fears of the unknown can all impact our ability to leaf a happy and healthy life. I will walk with you through your anxiety teaching effective coping skills to help free you from these struggles.
17 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Amanda de Armas
Psychologist, PsyD
Are persistent worries or fears holding you back from living your best life? You're not alone, and there is hope. In our safe and nurturing space, we'll explore the roots of your anxiety, uncovering the thoughts and beliefs that contribute to your distress. Together, we'll develop personalized strategies to help you regain control over your mind and body, fostering a sense of calm and confidence in facing life's challenges.
7 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. Adrian Ervington
Psychologist, PsyD
I'm here to provide a safe space for you to explore and manage your anxiety. My goal is to empower you with practical tools and coping strategies, tailored to your unique needs. Whether you're dealing with generalized anxiety, social anxiety, or panic attacks, I'm committed to helping you regain control and find peace.
11 Years Experience