Anxiety therapists in Alexandria, Minnesota MN
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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 Alexandria, Minnesota (Online Only)
Anxiety or Fears
Dr. Azilde E Sanchez
Psychologist, PhD., LPC., LCADC., ACS
We all need to experience some level of anxiety to get us going. However, too much can interfere with our ability to function. My goal in therapy is work collaboratively with you to explore the source of anxiety and develop healthy coping skills to help you manage anxiety and perform to the best of your abilities.
17 Years Experience
Online in Alexandria, Minnesota
Anxiety or Fears
Roger Lin
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Anxiety is one of the most treatable mental health disorders. I will give your effective to skills to address your anxiety symptoms.
11 Years Experience
Online in Alexandria, Minnesota
Anxiety or Fears
Ilana Lane
Psychologist, Ph.D., therapy for anxious overachievers
It's normal to feel some anxiety at times, but sometimes our anxiety or fears become so pervasive that they get in the way of doing the things that are most important to us. Using only proven strategies, we will work on identifying and addressing challenging thoughts, behaviors, body sensations, and emotions related to your anxiety or fears, and collaborate to help you get unstuck and living a life that's more aligned with what matters most to you.
13 Years Experience
Online in Alexandria, Minnesota (Online Only)
Anxiety or Fears
Psychotherapy.Com
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for anxiety, fears or phobia
28 Years Experience
Online in Alexandria, Minnesota