“Can a psychologist help anxiety patients?”
I have anxiety and want to fix it. Can a psychologist help anxiety patients?
5 Answers
Yes, absolutely! There are a number of skills and techniques that can be taught to help people manage anxiety, ranging from relaxation training techniques (such as meditation and breathing exercises) to ways that can help manage and reduce negative and anxiety-provoking thoughts. There are techniques that utilize thoughts and internal dialogue, approaches that utilize imagery, and techniques that use associational learning to pair positive emotional states with certain, specific stimuli so one can access positive emotional states at will. The specific approach should be matched to the client and his or her anxiety and the things that trigger it.
Yes. Psychologists are trained to help individuals with anxiety symptoms. Such therapies that have been proven effective include DBT and CBT. Thank you for your inquiry.
Yes, a psychologist can help with anxiety but helping you to identity the fears, level of intensity, what the fear may be rooted in, any irrational thinking patterns that may be beginning to create new lens of how we interpret our reality and give you the coping tools to undo that kind of thinking. They can also teach you deep breathing techniques, mindfulness, grounding techniques, and calming skills.
Clinical psychologists are generally able to successfully treat the symptoms of anxiety. This would include all of the variations of anxiety disorders including panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias and others. Evidence-based treatment includes what is known as "cognitive-behavioral therapy" or CBT, which is often employed in the treatment of anxiety disorders.