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Integrative Therapy for Anxiety

Anxiety is a normal part of human experience, and everyone experiences it from time to time. However, when anxiety begins to interfere with your ability to interact with others, enjoy your life, and attend to your responsibilities, it may be time to seek help. Healing our deepest fears and worries demands a dynamic approach. At Hills, we offer a brain-body-mind approach to therapy for anxiety to provide you with relief and help you enjoy life again.

What Is Anxiety?

Anxiety is characterized by intense feelings of worry and fear. People with anxiety disorders may even have these feelings in response to non-threatening, everyday situations. Anxiety is a complex emotion that is sometimes accompanied by intense physical responses. You feel anxiety in both your mind and your body, and the symptoms can be terrifying and even debilitating. Chronic anxiety can be overwhelming and exhausting.

ANXIETY DISORDERS INCLUDE:

  • Panic disorder
  • Agoraphobia
  • Generalized anxiety disorder
  • Social anxiety disorder
  • Separation anxiety disorder
  • Other situation-specific phobias

SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY MAY INCLUDE:

  • Feeling nervous, tense, or panicked
  • Easily fatigued
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Irritability
  • Muscle tension
  • Racing heart
  • Sleep problems

SYMPTOMS OF A PANIC ATTACK INCLUDE:

  • Heart pounding
  • Increased sweating
  • Fear of dying
  • Fear of “going crazy” or “losing control”
  • Numbness or tingling sensations
  • Chest pain or discomfort
  • Nausea
  • Thinking you can’t breathe

HOW WE TREAT ANXIETY

Our unique approach to treating anxiety aims to reduce your anxiety symptoms and prepare you to head them off in the future. We use a combination of techniques to help you achieve a calmer state of mind.

BRAIN PATTERNS IN ANXIETY

Certain brainwave patterns can be seen in people with anxiety disorders. The most common include excessive beta and diminished alpha levels, beta spindles, increased right frontal lobe activity, and higher than normal alpha peak frequency (Arns, 2008). At Hills, we thoroughly examine your brain patterns, using brain mapping, to help develop the right course of treatment.

Below are some examples of common qEEG patterns and the specific symptoms associated with Generalized Anxiety Disorder reported by Gurnee’s (2000) report:

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