Anxiety
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Therapy for Anxiety:
Break the Cycle and Reclaim Your Calm
When worry won’t shut off, life can feel overwhelming.
If your mind races, your body stays tense, or everyday situations feel unbearable, anxiety may be holding more space than it should. You might notice sleepless nights, looping worry, stomach upset, pounding heart, or avoiding situations just to get through the day. Anxiety doesn’t mean you’re broken—it means your nervous system is working overtime. With support, relief is possible.
What Anxiety Looks Like and Where It Comes From
Signs of unhealthy anxiety often include:
Trouble sleeping or concentrating
Racing thoughts or constant “what ifs”
Tension, nausea, or digestive issues
Pounding heart, sweating, or shaking
Avoiding social situations or tasks
Guilt, shame, or burnout from pushing through
While mild anxiety can motivate us, chronic anxiety interferes with health, relationships, and self-worth. It may be fueled by bullying, trauma, high-conflict relationships, discrimination, loss, financial stress, or major transitions. Family history and learned patterns can also play a role.
Anxiety often creates a cycle of avoidance—over-preparing, canceling plans, or trying to control everything. While it may ease discomfort temporarily, avoidance teaches your brain to fear more, not less. Therapy helps break that cycle.
How Therapy Helps with Anxiety
At Caretta Counseling, therapy is evidence-based, compassionate, and tailored to you. We draw from CBT, DBT skills, mindfulness practices, and trauma-informed approaches. Together, we’ll work to:
Break avoidance patterns that reinforce anxiety
Reframe fears and reduce catastrophic thinking
Calm the body with grounding and mind–body tools
Improve sleep, focus, and self-worth
Heal root causes like trauma or systemic stressors
Build resilience so you feel more grounded in daily life
Clients often report fewer panic attacks, clearer thinking, more restful sleep, and greater ease in social situations. Most importantly, they feel less consumed by fear and more connected to what matters.
Strength • Resilience • Healing • Hope
