Anxiety Therapy
Are You Tired Of Always Fearing The Worst?
Fear-based, worrisome thinking often seeps in and takes over before we realize that something is amiss. Caught up in patterns of hypervigilance and perfectionism, it’s easy to become emotionally depleted by all of the worst-case-scenario thinking. Eventually, our work is impacted, our relationships suffer, and otherwise ordinary, manageable stressors become too overwhelming to handle.
Anxiety is an incredibly common mental health issue affecting millions globally. In fact, anxiety is so common that experts consider it the most prevalent mental disorder worldwide. [1] Though symptoms can often be overlooked or misdiagnosed, anxiety disorders are highly treatable with the right kind of therapy.
EMDR Is An Effective Treatment For Anxiety
If you want to learn more about how EMDR works, you can visit our EMDR therapy page. There, you can find out about how bilateral stimulation—side-to-side eye movement—and reprocessing treatment are effective ways of rewiring the nervous system and targeting anxiety.
The effect of EMDR on clients tends to be one of clarity, relaxation, and peace. By resolving uncomfortable associations with painful past memories and negative self-beliefs, EMDR allows you to experience healing and balance in a lasting way.
Our Approach To Anxiety Treatment
To begin treatment at EMDR Therapy Solutions, you will perform a standard intake that will help your therapist identify presenting anxiety symptoms and goals for counseling. We will ensure that you have a solid understanding of the EMDR process, giving you plenty of opportunities to ask questions. There will also be some psychoeducation involved that allows you to see how stored trauma has manifested as anxiety, panic, and hypervigilance.
In addition to standard anxiety treatment sessions, we are pleased to offer intensives with our practice owner Kelly Chisholm. If you’re interested in highly concentrated anxiety treatment, read more about our Intensives program here.
Your brain and body are probably exhausted from always living on high alert, but another way of being is possible. At EMDR Therapy Solutions, we believe that EMDR is the key to resolving core trauma, ultimately freeing you from the anxiety that keeps you stuck in fear and worry.
Maybe You’re Considering Anxiety Treatment At EMDR Therapy Solutions But Still Have Questions…
EMDR is a trauma-informed therapy—why would it help my anxiety?
On the surface, it may seem like anxiety symptoms and post-traumatic stress are not related. However, unresolved trauma is stored deep within the body, often manifesting in unexpected ways, including sleep issues, physical symptoms, and panicked worrisome thinking.
Even if you didn’t survive abuse or a life-or-death experience, you may have developed negative beliefs about yourself that can be targeted using EMDR. As a comprehensive body-based therapy, EMDR effectively calms and rewires the nervous system so that you can experience less stress and more satisfaction.
I have always been anxious; this is just the way I think, and it can’t be changed.
Anxiety is really good at infiltrating every aspect of life, slowly taking control over all of our thoughts and decisions. While you may feel like you have always thought this way, the truth is that there is a core experience or belief that is driving your anxiety. Treatment using EMDR can help you resolve root causes of anxiety so that you can have a more balanced, relaxed perspective.
How long does therapy for anxiety last?
As a highly structured and effective counseling method, anxiety treatment using EMDR typically doesn’t take as long as most conventional talk therapies. Many clients experience relief from symptoms in as few as one to three sessions, and studies show that even a few sessions of EMDR have a lasting effect on reducing anxiety overall.
Heal Your Trauma, Tackle Your Anxiety
If you’re tired of anxiety controlling every aspect of your life, the therapists at EMDR Therapy Solutions can help. Schedule a free consultation by sending us a message or click here to find out more about EMDR. Now offering virtual therapy to clients throughout NM, CO, and AZ.
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EMDR therapy addresses both the physical and psychological symptoms that arise due to adverse life experiences. Aside from helping with trauma, EMDR is also a treatment method that benefits those dealing with depression, anxiety, grief, loss, infidelity, and betrayal.
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EMDR intensives can shorten the length of the overall treatment process and allow you to work through the symptoms you’re experiencing faster and more effectively than normal weekly sessions. Not only do you avoid the interruption between individual 45-minute sessions, but you also bypass the time spent on checking in at the start of each weekly session or addressing any current concerns. Moreover, a single EMDR session typically focuses on coping skills and stabilization at the end of each session to help you regain composure, which is not necessary with an intensive.
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Yes. We offer EMDR intensives in adjusted formats and modified pricing for current clients.
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Of course! You may be aware that something still needs to change profoundly to help you shift fully into a new experience of yourself, but perhaps you’re not exactly sure how you can accomplish this with your present therapist. We will help you identify which format of treatment works best for your needs during our initial consultation.
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Offering a number of resources, a half-day EMDR intensive can help you substantially reduce the destructive effects of a single traumatic event, such as disturbing emotions, negative cognitions, and unsettling body sensations. Please keep in mind, though, that while you can experience significant healing during one half-day EMDR intensive, Complex PTSD typically requires more time to heal than a half-day intensive can provide. Many people with Complex PTSD may need continuous monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly half-day intensives to work through their trauma history.
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A 3-day EMDR intensive can more efficiently help you achieve impactful changes than just participating in regular weekly, 45-minute sessions or a single half-day intensive. During our initial consultation, we can identify which format would be best for your needs.
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Depending on your insurance, you may receive help paying for the cost of psychotherapy, as some insurance companies reimburse a substantial portion of mental health treatments. We can provide you with a Superbill, detailing all direct contact therapy services that are included in the EMDR intensive program. You can then submit this bill to your insurance provider for potential reimbursement.
Is EMDR Intensive Therapy the Right Choice for You?
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