Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Scranton, PA.

Anxiety is frequently occurring problem and our trained psychologists are experienced in aiding to reduce symptoms. Our approach to anxiety and stress include a cognitive behavior approach that seeks to identify negative thought patterns leading to anxiousness, as well as a behavior approach that focuses on the learned patterns of behavior that accompany feelings of anxiety.

I like a quote by Stephen King: "Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us and sometimes they win." Anxiety is no more a person than leukemia or diabetes. Anxiety convinces it's victim that safe things are dangerous, and to be avoided; puppies are perceived as alligators, and who wants to get close to those?! Sometimes the danger is perceived to be physical while at other times it is thought to be social; either way, isolation is anxiety's endgame. The treatment of choice for this is usually cognitive behavioral therapy, something that I have been doing, teaching others how to do, and writing about, for decades. The results can be quite life-giving and remarkable.

Feelings of panic and fear can indicate anxiety and stress disorders, especially when they interfere with ones ability to lead a normal life. Nightmares can accompany the daily stresses, simply wearing a person out, both physically and mentally. Types of anxiety disorders can include panic attack disorder, phobias of many things, obsessive compulsive disorder and social anxiety disorder. 18505, Scranton Pennsylvania, therapy - Harlene Arenberg

While most treatment approaches for anxiety and stress are effective on the surface, they don’t treat the real problem. Mantras, deep breathing, and rational dialogues about your fear being irrational rarely work---for most people don’t believe it or you! Imagine if you can trick the brain into changing without you telling your conscious mind that you are changing it? Problem with anxiety and stress is that the brain in this state knows you want to change it and it resists. Contact Kevin@kevinfleminphd.com for the ultimate stress and anxiety solution that will literally change your brain's autonomic nervous system patterns while you sit on your butt. 877-606-6161.

To help you manage your stress and anxiety symptoms, we start with understanding the nature and patterns of your symptoms in relation to environmental triggers, traumatic life events, and unhelpful thinking patterns that influence your daily perspective. Using a collaborative alliance, we will look for better ways to manage both your external stressors and internal reactions. A cognitive-behavioral approach offers practical methods to understand how thought patterns influence emotional reactions and behaviors. By redirecting and re-framing your thoughts with alternative thoughts, you can experience a reduction in unpleasant emotions and an increase in personal effectiveness.

Anxiety and stress can keep you from living your life to the fullest. In the severe range anxiety can freeze you to the point where you are no longer able to function. Help is available in a safe, non judgmental setting to assist you in exploring if your anxiety is generalized or specific. Cognitive-Behavioral therapy is effective in uncovering the thoughts we tell ourselves whicb may increase anxiety. Assertiveness training may be indicated if you have difficulty saying no which increases stress. Lets explore what is causing your anxiety and stress and decrease these symptoms.