Anxiety Counselling in Toronto: Therapy & Treatment for Coping With Anxiety
Anxiety is a perfectly normal response to threat and in some situations that are really threatening it can be helpful in preparing us for action. Anxiety is an uncomfortable inner feeling of fear or imminent disaster and most of us experience some temporary degree of anxiety in our lives with or without just cause.
How To Cope With Anxiety?
You don’t have to cope with anxiety on your own. All our therapists have experience in dealing with anxiety issues. Treatment for anxiety can include different psychotherapy techniques as well as medication.
Anxiety Treatment for Young Adults & Teens
If anxiety is not treated at a younger age, it can carry over into adulthood. If a teenager feels alone or at risk and has no way to talk about the perceived threat, this can lead to anxiety problems later on. As a teenager or young adult receiving anxiety help, they can gain perspective about perceived danger or stress and learn how to cope with their anxiety with new insights and tools.
For those experiencing health anxiety, therapy can help us to challenge unhelpful thoughts, reduce compulsive symptom-checking, and improve overall well-being.
Teaching teens about potential anxiety coping mechanisms can provide them with tools to manage overwhelming feelings and develop resilience.
Why Psychotherapy and Counselling for Anxiety?
Psychotherapy and counselling for anxiety help people to begin to explore and identify why they are feeling particularly anxious, how it is impacting their lives, the unhealthy patterns and dynamics that have contributed and how they can manage their anxiety problems. There are many forms of anxiety management therapy and counselling to assist with addressing anxiety that include cognitive behaviour therapy, exploring unhealthy thinking patterns, social anxiety treatment, coping strategies to manage panic attacks, identifying core beliefs and healthier ways to manage our feelings. The goal for psychotherapy and anxiety disorder treatments is to achieve a better balance between the pressures and the activities that reduce your pressures so that you can reduce your stress and anxiety.
Treatment for Social Anxiety
- You worry about embarrassing or humiliating yourself when interacting with others
- Interacting with strangers brings on intense fear
- You avoid situations where you might be the center of attention
- You endure intense fear or anxiety while in social situations
