Therapy
What is Therapy?
Therapy is a medical treatment that purpose is to remediate a health problem.
How does therapy help anxiety?
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Uncover the underlying causes of your worries and fears
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Helps you learn how to relax
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Teaches you ways to views situations in new, less frightening ways
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Help you develop better coping and problem-solving skills
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Provides support
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Helps you minimize anxiety to a controllable level
Types of Therapy
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Therapy can either be individual or group
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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Examines your negative thoughts ​to come up with different ways to manage anxiety
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Exposure Therapy
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Usually goes along with CBT​
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Examines more of your negative thoughts by imagining and our doing something that you fear, then pair it with something that is relaxing to lessen your fear
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Focusing and acting more upon your values in life, rather than your fear
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Family Therapy
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The one with anxiety and its close relative family members work with a therapist to come up with ways to help relieve the anxiety for the person
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Psychoanalytic Therapy
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Looks back into your past to see if there is anything from the past that is triggering your anxiety now ​
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Interpersonal Therapy
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Primarily used for when you get anxiety because of a relationship with someone ​
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Ex: social anxiety disorder or ​separation anxiety disorder
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Therapy Support Center
There is many different support and therapy center out there, you just need to find the one that works the best for you.