On edge, constant worry. Panic attacks, possibly. Using avoidance to manage your anxiety. It’s a vicious cycle. Stuck in place. It’s hard to feel safe enough to get mobilized.
Avoidance results in not living a meaningful life. When living with severe and persistent anxiety, it’s important to emphasize how avoidance can play a central role in life—whether you realize it or not. You make decisions to avoid anxiety-provoking situations so you can feel in control. Unfortunately, this results in making your world smaller and more isolated. And when anxiety and depression occur together, that compounds your distress.
Effective treatment for anxiety helps you regulate your emotions and calm your nervous system.
Expert Psychotherapy helps you find ways to feel safe enough to hit the reset button, calm your nervous system, and start on a new path toward a meaningful life.
Effective treatment is grounded in rigorous evidence-based methods—these are Fixed Values. But no single approach works for every individual. Real progress requires Flexible Treatment: the ability to adapt—thoughtfully and skillfully—to each person’s unique life circumstances. The result? To move forward toward improved functioning and living life with the meaning and purpose you desire.
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If anxiety has been limiting your life and previous approaches have not led to lasting change, a more individualized approach may help.
You can reach out directly to Dr. Ed.
