ANXIETY

Learn to Manage Your Anxiety

Anxiety can be extremely distressing and can take you away from living your life to the fullest. However, anxiety is also common, affecting up to 30% of people in the United States at some point in their lives. Luckily, there are effective ways you can learn to manage your anxiety.

If you experience the following symptoms, you may meet criteria for an anxiety disorder and benefit from treatment:

- frequent worries in different areas of your life (e.g., work, school, relationships)
- feeling tense or unable to relax
- experiencing irritability
- trouble concentrating or making decisions
- experiencing nausea or abdominal distress
- trouble sleeping
- experiencing a sense of doom or impending danger
- avoiding valued life activities due to nervousness
- experiencing intense surges of anxiety or panic attacks

Woman consoling man experiencing anxiety panic attack

Social Anxiety

Social anxiety, or worries that you are being evaluated or judged by others, is a specific type of anxiety that can greatly affect how you live your life. You may find it difficult to leave your house, accomplish daily tasks (like going to the grocery store), form social relationships, or engage in enjoyable hobbies due to your social anxiety.

Dr. Peterson can help you to better understand your social anxiety and retrain your brain to not respond with intense anxiety when in social situations.

Dr. Peterson can conduct an evaluation with you to determine if you meet criteria for an anxiety disorder and can walk you through potential treatment options (e.g., CBT, DBT, MBCT).

Click on the request appointment button if you would like to schedule a therapy session or use the contact us form to inquire about an evaluation to see if anxiety disorder treatment is right for you.