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Decreased symptoms by up to
75%
Increased their quality of life by up to
89%
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Anxiety Therapy For Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Is there an effective anxiety therapy for generalized anxiety disorder?
If you are looking for the most efficacious psychological GAD treatment, Task Forces from both the American and Canadian Psychological Associations have established that cognitive behaviour therapy for GAD has received the most scientific support. How can anxiety therapy for GAD help to overcome generalized anxiety disorder?
- A review of 332 studies showed that 75-90% of adults receiving cognitive behaviour therapy for GAD do better than people not receiving this type of anxiety therapy for generalized anxiety disorder (Butler et al., 2006).
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Those people receiving cognitive behaviour therapy for GAD achieve a decrease in their symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder, as well as in pathological worry (Ladouceur et al., 2000). Thus, therapy for anxiety that targets generalized anxiety disorder can help overcome GAD.
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Changes in intolerance of uncertainty, a central objective in GAD treatment, has been shown to decrease with anxiety therapy as the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder also decrease (Ladouceur et al., 2000).
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Anxiety therapy for GAD can help in the long-term treatment of GAD. When measured at a two-year follow-up, 95% of people still do longer meet criteria for generalized anxiety disorder (Dugas et Al., 2003).
- In one study, 74% of people were able to gradually taper and then completely discontinue medication with therapy for anxiety (Gosselin et al., 2006).
Being a psychologist specialized in anxiety therapy for GAD I can help you overcome generalized anxiety disorder. If you are interested,
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anxiety therapy for
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Anxiety Help For GAD: Learn How To Overcome GAD With Anxiety Therapy For GAD
Psychoeducation and Worry Awareness:
Anxiety help for GAD will begin with psychoeducation. You will learn about: the most supported model for generalized anxiety disorder, worry awareness, how to classify worries into categories related to real problems versus hypothetical possibilities and to evaluate the usefulness of worry.
Recognition Of Uncertainty And Exposure:
Intolerance of uncertainty has been shown to be critical to GAD. Anxiety therapy for generalized anxiety disorder will show you how this permeates many aspect of your life. To overcome GAD, therapy for anxiety will show you how certainty is impossible to attain. Eventually, you will need to exposure yourself to uncertainty. Anxiety therapy for GAD will help you gradually face situations that cause you anxiety. You will learn to use coping techniques to overcome GAD.
Problem-Solving Training:
People with generalized anxiety disorder tend to avoid solving problems because of their intolerance to uncertainty. Rather than just worrying, you will learn to resolve your problems in order to overcome GAD.
Positive Beliefs Related To Worry:
Many people with generalized anxiety disorder endorse positive beliefs about worry that simply maintain their tendency to keep worrying. For example, “If I don’t worry about a loved one all the time, it means I don’t care for them.” Anxiety therapy for GAD will help change these false beliefs that lead to perpetual worrying.
What Is Generalized Anxiety Disorder? Do I Need GAD Treatment?
You
may need anxiety therapy for generalized anxiety disorder if you worry excessively about daily events, find it hard to control your worries and if you experience some of the following symptoms:
- Restlessness.
- Feeling easily tired and fatigued.
- You have difficulty concentrating.
- Muscle tension is common.
- Poor quality of sleep.
If
you think you may meet the criteria for generalized anxiety disorder, do not attempt to diagnose yourself. Get help for GAD by seeking the advice of a mental health professional. Make sure to consider anxiety therapy for GAD for your GAD treatment.
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