Anxiety therapists in Malvern, Arkansas AR
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Anxiety or Fears
Josh Dolin: Life Coach | Purpose Pathfinder
Life Coach
Dealing with anxiety or fears can be overwhelming, but you don’t have to face them alone. My coaching approach focuses on understanding the root causes of your anxiety and developing practical, personalized strategies to manage it. Techniques may include mindfulness, relaxation exercises, and actionable tools to challenge anxious thoughts. Together, we’ll work on empowering you to regain control and move forward with confidence. Schedule a complimentary 15-minute consultation to discuss personalized strategies for managing your anxiety and fears.
7 Years Experience
Online in Malvern, Arkansas (Online Only)
Anxiety or Fears
Jayson L. Mystkowski
Psychologist, Ph.D., ABPP
While Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT) is highly effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders (e.g., Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder), clinicians do see some “return of fear,” or partial relapse, in some patients due to a variety of factors. Over the past two decades, treatment researchers, with whom Dr. Jayson Mystkowski had the pleasure of working with at UCLA for over 10 years, have studied “return of fear” and discovered some key variables that may optimize the effects of learning during CBT for anxiety disorders (Craske et al., 2008).
First, evidence suggests that focusing on tolerating fear versus eliminating fear yields better clinical outcomes in the long term. Namely, teaching clients that fear and anxiety are normal feelings, rather than attempting to “down-regulate” such feelings all the time, is more realistic and seems to engender “hardier” clients. Second, helping clients to generate an expectancy that “scary things will not happen,” is very powerful. To do this, it is important for clinicians to create more complex exposure exercises (i.e., tasks in which a client confronts a stimulus of which they are afraid), using multiple feared stimuli instead of one at a time. Then, the lack of a feared outcome becomes particularly surprising and memorable for a client and fear reduction is more potent. Third, increasing the accessibility and retrievability of non-fear memories learned during treatment are powerful factors in mitigating against a return of fear. Craske and colleagues demonstrated that exposure to variations of a feared stimulus, using a random schedule across multiple contexts or situations, is more effective than exposure to the same stimulus, on a predictable schedule, in an unchanging environment. The former paradigm, it is argued, creates stronger non-fear memories that are easier for a client to access when subsequently confronting feared objects or situations outside of the therapy context, than the later scenario.
In sum, clinicians have long been aware that some fear or anxiety returns following very successful CBT treatment. As mentioned above, there are some clear, empirically supported ways to modify the therapy we provide to further help clients generalize the gains made in therapy sessions to the real world.
20 Years Experience
Online in Malvern, Arkansas (Online Only)
Anxiety or Fears
Dr. William Christiana
Psychologist, PsyD
Do you experience significant anxiety in social or performance situations? Is it hard for you to manage or control your worry? Are you afraid of having a panic attack? Have you been experiencing unwanted intrusive thoughts and performing certain rituals to lower the anxiety they cause? Do you avoid certain places, situations, or objects because of your anxiety? If you answered yes to one of these questions, you may benefit from mental health treatment to address your anxiety. I encourage you to reach out for a free phone consultation to discuss your goals and your symptoms. You do not have to face your anxiety alone.
10 Years Experience
Online in Malvern, Arkansas
Anxiety or Fears
Dr. Jeffrey Huttman
Psychologist, Ph.D.
As a licensed psychologist, I specialize in treating anxiety and related difficulties. I utilize an eclectic blend of CBT, DBT, mindfulness and relaxation techniques to help guide those struggling to feel relief.
21 Years Experience
Online in Malvern, Arkansas
Anxiety or Fears
Dr. Allison Williams
Psychologist, Psy.D.
I provide virtual services for those who suffer endlessly at the mercy of their minds: those who spiral, panic, panic about panicking...This may include those who have generalized anxiety, a specific phobia, or who struggle with perfectionism or "Type A" behavior.
8 Years Experience
Online in Malvern, Arkansas (Online Only)