Symptoms of Anxiety

Each person’s unique experiences impact the way they experience anxiety. Because of this, we have seen themes of symptoms that we identify in our work with clients. Below are some of the common themes of anxiety symptoms that we have discovered while providing anxiety therapy to our clients:

• Trouble relaxing. It’s hard for you to wind down, no matter how tiring your day was.

• Feeling easily annoyed. Even little things get under your skin so much more than they used to.

• Being afraid something terrible will happen. You don’t know what will happen or when, but you feel like your world is about to come crashing down.

• Change in heart rate or breathing. You feel as if your heart is racing and you can’t catch your breath, even when you’re just sitting still.

• Difficulty sleeping. Your body is exhausted but your brain won’t be quiet, making it nearly impossible to get some rest.

• Feeling unable to stop worrying. Despite part of you knowing that everything will be okay, it feels like your worry is out of control, not responding to reason or logic.

These are only some of the common anxiety symptoms that we see while providing anxiety therapy to our clients. There are a variety of anxiety disorders, each that come with their own unique symptoms in addition to some of the symptoms listed above. For an in-depth overview on anxiety and the different forms it comes in, check out this blog post that one of our Orlando therapists wrote.

How Our Anxiety Therapists Help

Starting therapy to face your anxiety can be overwhelming. Acknowledging that something is wrong and that you are needing help to face it can be an intimidating task. Your anxiety therapist is here to help support and encourage you in this process. We know that coming to therapy takes courage. 

Our anxiety counselors have gone through extensive training and have a variety of techniques we use in our work with clients. Your therapist will tailor their approach based on your unique symptoms, needs, and history. Our approach goes beyond traditional talk therapy by using techniques to explore the way mind and body are connected. These techniques help our clients go from feeling anxious to feeling calm, in control, and capable.

Mindful Living Counseling Orlando’s Approach to Anxiety Therapy 

Our anxiety counselors use a combination of approaches including EMDR therapy and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. The combination of these techniques help give you tools to calm your anxious mind and body as well as heal the roots of where your anxiety began. In our initial sessions, we will seek out information regarding your specific symptoms and ways you have tried to cope with this. We will also ask about what triggers your anxiety or what you try to avoid to stop the anxiety from getting worse. One of our first steps towards healing is giving you skills that you can use to cope with the anxiety, before we dive into the deeper work to heal where it started.

Our Anxiety Therapists Regularly Monitor Your Progress in Therapy

In addition to using therapeutic approaches that go beyond traditional talk therapy, Mindful Living Counseling Orlando also stresses the importance of our clients making progress and checking in on this progress. We strive to help our clients progress in therapy and achieve their therapeutic goals. To determine if we are being effective in our sessions, we track progress using monthly assessments to monitor client progress. 

At this time, we also have an open discussion with each client about how they feel their sessions are going, if they feel they’re making progress, and if there are any changes that need to be made to therapy. This allows us to provide the best care possible by actively checking in with clients on a monthly basis regarding their progress and their thoughts on how therapy is going. Because we regularly check-in and discuss your progress in sessions, you don’t have to worry about idling in therapy. 

EMDR Therapy for Anxiety

We incorporate EMDR therapy throughout our work with clients to give you tools to calm the anxiety as well as discover where your anxiety began. EMDR provides you with specific techniques, such as calm place and containment strategies, that your therapist will teach you to use. To do the deeper work, we use EMDR to trace your anxiety back to where it began and help heal the past for a calmer future. 

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Anxiety

By using Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP), a somatic therapy approach, we go beyond talk therapy by focusing on how the body and physical state have been impacted. Because anxiety can manifest in the form of a variety of physical symptoms, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy can be beneficial in helping regulate these symptoms. This approach emphasizes how the body stores the events that you have gone through and how to resolve this. Mindfulness is incorporated in these techniques as well, to help clients maintain present awareness of their body sensations and how this is impacting their anxiety in the moment.

Online Anxiety Therapy Orlando

We recognize that coming to see one of our anxiety counselors in person may be nerve-wracking. Because of this, we offer online counseling as well so that you can receive therapy from home. Research that has come out amidst the COVID-19 pandemic indicates that EMDR therapy is effective to treat symptoms via online therapy as well, making it possible to receive EMDR for your anxiety symptoms virtually.

Call to Action

You’re exhausted from fighting your anxiety all the time. You don’t have to face your anxiety alone - our counselors at Mindful Living Counseling Orlando are here to help. Our highly trained team will help you gain tools that work for you and heal the roots where your anxiety started, leading to a calmer and more fulfilling life. To get started with one of our anxiety counselors:

1. Fill out our New Client Consultation Form

2. Schedule a consultation call with our Client Care Coordinator

3. Start healing from anxiety!