ANXIETY DISORDERS

Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time. It’s a normal part of life to have a sense of worry or unease about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. If you are suffering from an anxiety disorder, however, these worries can be intense, excessive and persistent. They interfere with daily life and are difficult to control. Worries range from everyday concerns to irrational fears or situations. 

YOU MIGHT HAVE ANXIETY AND NEED HELP IF: 

• You feel a sense of worry, a sense that something is wrong but you can’t exactly figure out why. 
• You feel easily overwhelmed and shut down/zone out/numb out as a result. 
• You lash out at people you love or behave in ways that don’t align with your core values. 
• You ruminate over past events that have happened in your life and struggle to accept and move forward. 
• You experience physical sensations like racing heart, muscle tension, dizziness, nausea or even skin-crawling sensations.  
• You feel a sense of doom, like something bad is going to happen but you don’t know exactly what. 
• You have chronic physical pain that has no medical explanation. 
• You get stuck in repetitive "thought loops". 
• You feel detached from yourself. 
• You have loved ones telling you your reactions are disproportionate to the circumstances you are experiencing. 
• You feel like you want to crawl under the covers when it comes to social situations--or drink your way through them. 
• You experience panic attacks, where you feel like you can’t breathe or might “go crazy” or even die. 
• You have  intrusive thoughts and do a behavior to reduce distress.
• You avoid certain situations out of worry.

ANXIETY DISORDERS I TREAT: 

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
• Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder 
• Illness Anxiety 
• Social Anxiety 
• Phobias 
• Body Focused Repetitive Disorder (BFRB's)

For more information on the specific way I work to treat anxiety, check out my approach.