Anxiety Counseling in Castle Rock, CO
Has your anxiety become too much to manage?
Another sleepless night reviewing your conversation with your friend or boss has left you exhausted. The tension builds through your shoulders as you think about how you need to make it through another demanding day. You take a couple of deep breaths trying to release the ache in your upper back, but it lets go for only seconds. Your exam or work project is coming up and you cannot seem to feel confident in your performance. Worry and fear flash through your mind about what if…your boss hates you…or you fail your class…or forget to do everything on your list? Even when you have the time and space to enjoy life, you can’t because your body does not know how to relax. It only knows how to be “on” all the time. Have you considered anxiety counseling?
Anxiety counseling can help you start living instead of constantly coping
Anxiety comes out in ways that often seem normal and thus, often get overlooked. We all have experienced some degree of anxiety. It is part of the human experience. But at some point, anxiety can become too much of a problem. How to know when it’s time to do something about it. Is it hurting your relationships or your job performance suffering? Overwhelmed or even paralyzed by your anxiety? Significant negative impact on your life means you need to make a change.
Several different issues can lead to anxiety but most of them funnel down to fear. Fear of some sort of loss.
Sometimes a fear of loss may be hard to identify, such as losing closeness with a loved one or losing our reputation or credibility.
In relationships, if we perceive for some reason that we may be of less worth or even unlovable as a human, anxiety can be the result. If you’ve had a betrayal or failed relationship in your past, you may have anxiety about it happening in the future too. This comes from a fear of rejection or abandonment.
Also, anxiety arises from work dynamics. If you feel like your value by a colleague or a boss may be at risk of decline. Maybe you have a new task to learn how to do. Is working with your boss difficult? These situations lead to being more anxious than normal.
Furthermore, anxiety may arise from a fear of loss of life or health. Few of us go through life without any struggles to maintain a healthy lifestyle. These fears can come from having a cancer scare. Or, getting hurt in a car accident. A chronic illness may be something you have to manage.
It’s time to stop living with so much fear.
Anxiety Counseling can help you move past your fears.
Overcoming anxiety is possible. At Lifetouch Counseling, our therapists work strategically with our clients. Sometimes this may look like learning techniques to help you settle down and relax. Other times it can take more targeted approaches like EMDR or Brainspotting. Working on rewriting your core beliefs about yourself and others is important too. Challenging what drives your anxiety and working on getting some of your needs met. Boundary development and implementation may be on the agenda, as well.
Each of these strategies aims to reduce your anxiety symptoms. We want to help you live in a way that you can enjoy your life and not just survive it.
So, if someone is looking for anxiety help, the following are common symptoms:
· Over-worrying
· Lack of sleep
· Anxiety or panic attacks
· Digestive issues
· Fear causing avoidance behaviors
· Phobias
· Inability to relax or rest
Let’s calm down anxiety together.
In our therapy clinic, a couple of tools we like to use to alleviate anxiety symptoms pertain to EMDR and Brainspotting. EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing. Both are techniques that require specialized training that target the nervous system directly. Both are non-invasive but effective in treating anxiety and other mental health issues. For more information click EMDR or Brainspotting.
Do you want to live your best life? What’s holding you back from getting the anxiety help you deserve to be your best self? Being “on” all the time is exhausting. You’re not meant to live in a way that you have no enjoyment or relaxation.
It might be that you feel embarrassed or that you’ve failed if you seek counseling. Many people think that counseling or therapy is for those with a problem or who are sick. That is just not true. Counseling is about guiding you in ways that no one has before. Helping you work on yourself in a way that feels good for you.
Lastly, your schedule may be a barrier to getting help with anxiety. Have you considered online therapy? Lifetouch Counseling offers online telehealth sessions for your convenience.