Therapy for Anxiety Disorder
What kinds of therapy are good for anxiety disorder?
Anxiety Question:
What kinds of therapy are good for anxiety disorder?
Anxiety Answer:
It really depends on the root cause of the anxiety disorder, as anxiety can be caused by all sorts of things. For people whose anxiety is purely chemical, pharmacotherapy is usually the way to go, though some do benefit from talk therapies and the like.
For people whose anxiety disorder is more related to a mood or personality disorder such as depression or avoidant personality disorder, CBT can be helpful, as well as DBT (dialectical behavioral therapy), an offshoot of CBT. These help control the racing thoughts and panic that go along with more generalized anxiety.
For trauma-based anxiety disorder, the best way to treat the anxiety is to process the underlying trauma(s). In dealing with the memories and restructuring cognitive distortions, the anxiety usually disappears as part of the process.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a highly effective treatment modality for dealing with traumatic memories and associated anxiety.
Research has also indicated that hypnotherapy and guided relaxation is helpful in lessening the effect of anxiety due to any cause.
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