Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most effective form of psychotherapy for anxiety disorders. Generally a short-term treatment, CBT focuses on teaching you specific skills to improve your symptoms and gradually return to the activities you've avoided because of anxiety.
Psychiatric Nurse/Therapist, Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
At my practice, we will craft a comprehensive treatment plan that respects and values your input. My goal is to build a warm and genuine therapeutic relationship with you, where you feel heard and supported. I specialize in treating anxiety and fears.
you might be feeling nervous or on edge. You might be lying awake at night thinking about all the things! Sometimes it can be random moments where you just become completely overwhelmed and emotionally exhausted from panic and stress. Anxiety can over take our lives on a daily basis. Symptoms of anxiety can even be debilitating. Together, we can find effective ways and tools to help manage your symptoms.
If you are prone to feel overwhelmed by fear, anxiety, or panic, it is often largely due to parts of you being stuck in past experiences where you felt fear or terror. Oftentimes, your overwhelm is due to you feeling powerless in the presence of your anxiety. I will work to help you explore your relevant past history, as it relates to your feelings of fear, and I will also help you build inner strength to hold your own in the presence of inner anxiety or panic.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist who believes in the resilience of the human spirit. Living in society can seem chaotic, yet we yearn for love and harmony. Therapy can offer a means of releasing energy permitting possibilities for contentment.
Due to the fact anxiety and intelligence tend to occur together, many of Ms. Kurz's clients have anxiety. Ms. Kurz will offer you action plans to make your anxiety your friend and not your foe. Tools for using anxiety to improve decision making, become proactive, and reduce conflict will all be available to you.
All problems with Anxiety & Fear (which may include phobias & Obsessive Compulsive disorder) are linked to an inappropriate activation of the centers in the brain that are responsible for detecting danger. You will learn skills to think through and manage these reactions, and you will be guided through processes that will repattern the way your brain reacts to these situations.
Anxiety and fear has the potential to hold us back from all types of opportunities. It is not that clients are unable to overcome anxiety, often times it is that they do not know how. When working with clients that are experiencing anxiety, I like to take a Cognitive Behavioral approach as well as psycho-educate clients on anxiety so that they are aware of what is happening inside of their own bodies and use that knowledge to their advantage.
Anxiety or fear, is a normal human emotion. When our anxieties or fears become so present in our daily lives that they create a monoculture of thought, or disrupt our ability to engage with ourselves or others with balance and diversity, then our quality of life can decrease significantly. I have extensive experience in working with anxiety and can help you manage the anxiety or fear that you face. With thoughtful attention, unconditional positive regard and interventions specific to your needs, we can work together to effectively manage these types of challenges.