Feeling overwhelmed?

Anxiety is a common feeling for everyone at certain points in life, whether it’s giving a presentation, meeting new people, competitions, or major life events. The nervousness and anxious feeling that accompanies events that are out of your comfort zone are normal responses. If the anxious feeling is present in your daily life or causing mental and physical distress, anxiety might be debilitating. Anxiety disorders can come in may different forms including generalized anxiety disorder, PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety, and panic attacks.

Are you consistently affected by excessive worrying, muscle tension, sleeping troubles, difficulty concentrating, headaches, fatigue, nausea, or a fast heart rate? Counseling can help.

Our Approach to healing

Anxiety is treatable but can get worse if left untreated. The first step to helping anxiety is to understand the type of anxiety you experience and the triggers and events that cause the anxiety typically. Typical counseling approaches used to help with anxiety include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based approaches, exposure therapy, solution focused therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). At Oak Mountain Counseling, we focus on individualized approaches based on each individual’s needs by using a combination of different approaches to help with anxiety. No one person is the same, and each person’s anxiety is unique, which is why each approach to healing is unique.

how counseling can help

The goal of counseling is to help each individual feel less anxiety and begin to enjoy life more. This can be done by helping each individual realize what thoughts are helpful versus harmful and how believes about themselves are contributing to anxiety. In order to enjoy life it is important to understand what the individual values and motivates them in life so that they can overcome the feelings of anxiety to continue to work towards things in life that are important.

Counseling can help you with anxiety by providing:

• Confidence and Self Esteem: Develop confidence and self esteem through counseling to overcome feelings of anxiety and become more motivated to live a life that aligns with your values.

• Mindfulness and Thought Management Strategies: Understand the thoughts and underlying beliefs that contribute to anxiety and practice thought management and mindfulness to overcome anxiety.

• Individualized Support: Counselor works one-on-one with you, offering personalized support to overcome feelings of anxiety at your own pace.