Therapy for Anxiety
Common anxiety symptoms include:
Nervousness, restlessness or being tense
Feelings of danger, panic or dread
Rapid breathing or hyperventilation
Increased or heavy sweating
Trembling or muscle twitching
Weakness or lethargy
Persistent worries
Difficulty focusing or thinking clearly about anything other than the thing you’re worried about
Difficulty falling or staying asleep
Irritability
In cognitive behavioral therapy, anxiety is addressed though a variety of techniques including learning different types of relaxation strategies and how to change unhelpful thinking patterns contributing to your anxiety. Your therapist may also help you engage in exposure exercises, which involve you confronting different types of situations that you’ve been avoiding due to your anxiety symptoms.