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Living With Anxiety

While all of us experience moments of worry and stress throughout our lives, there are times when anxiety can deeply and painfully reduce a person’s quality of life. For some, anxiety is a chronic experience that creates years of distress at work, in relationships, education, and other important parts of life. For others, anxiety can appear more suddenly, often accompanying a major life transition or a period of high stress. Anxiety is a mental and a physical experience that can manifest with a variety of symptoms, including:

  • Excessive worry and fears
  • Feeling restless and on edge
  • Difficulty falling asleep, or not feeling rested after sleep
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Nervousness or feelings of panic
  • Muscle tension or soreness
  • Digestive problems
  • Fatigue
  • Racing thoughts or overthinking

However anxiety shows up, it can make the day-to-day feel overwhelming and exhausting. Thankfully, there are effective ways to treat and manage anxiety.

Areas of Expertise

  • Comorbid anxiety and depression
  • School-related anxiety
  • Relationship problems related to anxiety
  • Mindfulness skills
  • Postpartum anxiety
  • Decreasing panic symptoms
  • Anxiety-related sleep problems
  • Helping children manage anxiety
  • Coping Skills
  • Self-Care

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Hope and Help for Managing Anxiety

All of the clinicians at Sage are trained in providing effective treatment for anxiety. We believe in helping you find the treatment approach that works best for your unique needs. By working with one of our therapists, either individually or as a couple or family, you can find ways to manage anxiety and fully engage in your life.

It can be helpful to think of treating anxiety from two directions: “top-down” (learning awareness and management of thoughts that contribute to anxiety), and “bottom-up” (working with your body to help you calm anxiety and tolerate stress in healthy ways). Mindfulness-based therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can help you learn skills to manage physical experiences connected with anxiety, as well as “unhook” from anxious thought patterns. Other therapeutic approaches, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focus primarily on helping you identify and restructure thinking patterns and behaviors that exacerbate anxiety. In addition, couples and family therapy can help you understand how relationship dynamics contribute to and are influenced by anxiety, and then find ways to change those dynamics. Your therapist will work with you to find the approach that best fits your needs, personality, and experiences.

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We have the training, tools and experience to offer our counseling services through secure, online video conferencing. If you are not able to meet with our team in person, let us know and we will set up an online appointment for you.

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