Anxiety Counselling

Types of Anxiety counselling

Cognitive behavioural therapy

It has emerged as the most effective anxiety treatment. According to research, CBT can effectively reduce anxiety after as few as 8 sessions, with or without the use of any type of medication. The way that CBT reduces anxiety is by identifying and treating the ways that a person’s thoughts and behaviours interact. Therapists help their patients understand how unhelpful thought habits affect how they feel and behave. With CBT, a therapist makes an effort to take action by altering unhelpful thought patterns, imparting relaxation techniques, and changing behaviours that contribute to the problem getting worse. Giving a client psychoeducation on anxiety is the first stage in treatment to assist motivate them and get them on track.

Exposure Therapy

This was created to assist clients in facing their concerns. A psychologist may suggest an exposure treatment programme to assist break the cycle of avoidance and fear. In this type of therapy, psychologists establish a secure setting in which to “expose” clients to the things they avoid and are afraid of. Exposure to dreaded things, actions, or circumstances in a secure setting aids in lowering anxiety and lowering avoidance. Exposure treatment has many different forms. Your psychologist can assist you in choosing the approach that will work best for you. These include:

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) – By gradually familiarizing the traumatized person with the images, self-thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations connected to the trauma and enabling the brain’s adaptable characteristic that enables to work, EMDR therapy is a stepwise, focused method to treating trauma and other symptoms. Through EMDR, people can safely process traumatic memories until they are no longer negatively affecting their psychological well-being. The negative emotions and distressing sensations that are brought on by exposure to traumatic memories will eventually disappear. This procedure is repeated until the trauma has been dealt with and the person is no longer bothered by the recollection. The average session lasts about an hour. People securely process the memories with EMDR, which results in a tranquil conclusion. The experience leads to a greater understanding of both earlier upsetting incidents and the self-critical beliefs that developed as a result of the initial traumatic event.

Interpersonal Therapy (IP) – Interpersonal therapist pays particular attention to a person’s social and interpersonal interactions. An Interpersonal therapist would collaborate with the client to focus on particular relational problems, such as disagreements with friends and family, unresolved sorrow, changes in job and social roles, and general difficulties relating to people. The foundation of interpersonal therapy is the idea that there is a strong link between interpersonal suffering and psychological trauma. An individual’s capacity to handle stress and upsetting situations can be impacted by social elements including relationships and love connections. Interpersonal therapy places a heavy emphasis on treating symptoms while also enhancing overall functioning and social support.