Positive SpaceIn the clinical world, anxiety is a broad term that features in many disorders: OCD, phobias, social anxiety, panic attacks, perfectionism, PTSD, insomnia, skin-picking, hair-pulling, among others.
Clients report a broad range of symptoms associated with anxiety:
- Chills or hot flashes
- Difficulty falling or staying asleep
- “I can’t turn my brain off” feeling
- Choking sensations
- A rush of adrenaline
- “Feeling like there’s a weight on my chest”
- Dizziness/light-headedness
- Nausea
- “Feeling like I’m crawling out of my skin”
- Heart palpitations
- Sweating
- Difficulty breathing/shortness of breath
- “Butterflies in my stomach”
- Feeling detached, floaty
- Distractibility
- “Nervous energy”
- Urges to avoid body sensations, triggers, or situations
When we first meet with clients, we aim to get a clear sense of how, specifically, they experience their anxiety – no two cases are the same. We then develop an individualized treatment plan that focuses, first and foremost, on reducing distressing symptoms with an ultimate, long-term goal of promoting behavioral and psychological flexibility, hopefulness, a sense of confidence and competence, and self-efficacy skills.
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