Anxiety Therapy
Is anxiety impacting your ability to rest and enjoy life?
Do you find yourself constantly worrying or overwhelmed?
Do you struggle with perfectionism or a sense of overcontrol in life?
Maybe sometimes you’re fine, but at other moments you’re gripped by a heart pounding, light headed, nauseous panic attack?
Maybe it feels like your fears are big and nothing is in control. Maybe you don’t notice the emotions, but the physical signs are loud like trouble sleeping, changes in your diet or digestion, chest pains, or mental fog. Whatever it is, anxiety does not feel good! It always seems to show up at the worst possible moment, and can start to make small decisions, events, or our relationships so overwhelming that we either begin to avoid them, or overcontrol inside of them.
If you’re looking for relief, therapy is a great next step as we help you make sense of the anxiety, shrink the panic, and reclaim your sense of agency, confidence, and balance again.
Find Your Balance Again
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
Panic Disorder (PD)
Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)
Types of Anxiety
Anxiety makes sense in context.
Anxiety was designed to be a healthy, wired in response that enables you to move and become motivated when facing threats and challenges. In the short term, this emotion can be great because anxiety signals your heart and lungs to increase blood and oxygen flow, which in turn allows your brain to respond quickly and effectively to intense situations. But when this fight-or-flight response becomes everyday, life just feels stressful and exhausting.
It’s estimated that over 31% of adults in the United States will suffer from anxiety in their lifetime.
Anxiety goes beyond stress because it does not soften or go away easily. In fact, it can feel as if anxiety and worry get worse overtime!
Symptoms of anxiety can interfere with everyday life. You may feel emotions of immense overwhelm, dread, or panic. Perhaps you feel preoccupied with scary, unwanted thoughts; or try to avoid certain people, situations, or things because they cause too much distress.
You’ve probably experienced uncomfortable physical symptoms like fatigue, headaches, chronic pain, muscle tension, irritability, hot flashes, indigestion, or sweating.
Counseling Can Help You Get Stable, Lasting Change.
We know you’ve probably tried it all - breathing, praying, exercising, journaling, listening to podcasts…that’s part of what makes anxiety so tough. Your best attempts to manage it aren’t working! Underneath it all you’re tired and need help. This doesn’t mean you’re failing. We all need help in life, and aren’t wired to do this alone.
At Sacred Ground Psychotherapy, we can help you make important connections regarding what fuels your anxiety, bring order to your experiences, and get the deep and lasting change you’re looking for.
What To Expect In Therapy Sessions
We use an Emotionally Focused (EFT) approach to treat anxiety. We believe humans have an innate ability heal, and that when we can get clear on what anxiety look like for you, how you deal with your anxiety, and who sees you when you’re there, we can create more coherence and balance that fosters stabilization, compassion, vulnerability and meaningful change.
Through EFT, you can expect:
Clarity around patterns of anxiety
Success exploring feelings that underlie your distress.
Self-compassion and a decrease in self-criticism
Improved confidence
Restored emotional balance and flexibility
Greater freedom to build resilience, meaningful connections, and experience joy.
You May Have Some Questions About Treating Anxiety…
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We do not simply use techniques or solutions, but focus on organizing the pattern that currently fuels your anxiety so you can get success stabilizing, and go deeper to heal the root of the anxiety. We find that additional resources like breathing and mindfulness are then more helpful, and foster long term results.
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We strive to create a safe space for our clients to explore the options that are right for them based on their own individual needs, values, and preferences. Our staff follows all appropriate ethical codes and will never, under any circumstance, enforce a personal bias regarding medication management.
We can report on the current research in the field, which supports the leading intervention for anxiety combines medication and talk therapy. If you decide you are interested in a referral for medication, we have a list of trusted referrals we have worked with who can support you.
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You are not alone. In fact, most of the research on depression and anxiety is that they come hand-in-hand, which is why we use an evidence based approach proven to help our clients manage strong emotions regardless of diagnosis, so you do not need to seek multiple therapies over time but can focus and get success managing emotional challenges with confidence.
