Therapy for Anxiety in Hendersonville, NC

Anxiety often feels like:

  • irritability

  • feeling “on edge”

  • excessive worrying

  • ruminating

  • panic

  • racing thoughts

Anxiety often looks like:

  • snapping at loved ones

  • difficulty sleeping

  • wanting to control others

  • having high expectations of yourself

  • difficulty managing emotions

Treatment for Anxiety

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT is a form of talk therapy that highlights the connections among thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. By identifying distorted thinking patterns, reconstructing, and practicing coping tools, CBT can be incredibly helpful to decrease anxiety.

Examples of Distorted Thinking

Overview of CBT

Somatic Techniques and Mindfulness

Somatic techniques are body-based tools used to decrease anxiety. While CBT focuses on what is happening cognitively, somatic techniques help us pay attention to our bodies. By doing this, we can regulate our nervous system and release tension.

Somatic Therapy

Mindfulness is a practice to help us stay in the present while anxiety tries to focus on what might happen in the future or even what has happened in the past. Using mindfulness can calm the body and stop worry loops.

Mindfulness Program

Resources

Anxiety & Depression Association of America (ADAA)

Educational Podcasts

The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook

The Miracle of Mindfulness 

Thich Nhat Hanh
Edmund Bourne, PhD