Anxiety

What is Anxiety?

Feeling scared or afraid is both a universal and essential part of the human experience. In fact, anxiety serves an important purpose and is functional. Anxiety helps you by getting to work on time, safely crossing a busy street, and meeting everyday life demands as they arise. However, anxiety can become problematic when you experience intense, excessive, and persistent worry regarding everyday situations in the absence of true danger.

Through psychotherapy, you can develop ways to better manage anxiety in the moment, as well as explore underlying factors contributing to your anxiety. Identifying and healing these underlying parts will allow you to feel lighter, more confident, and joyful in the present.

Common signs and symptoms of anxiety include but are not limited to:

• Racing or intrusive thoughts
• Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge
• Difficulty concentrating or controlling worries
• Trouble relaxing
• Feeling restless or unable to sit still
• Avoidant behavior
• Increased irritability or feeling easily annoyed
• Difficulty falling or staying asleep
• Panic Attacks
• Feeling afraid that something awful might happen

Physical Symptoms:

• GI distress
• Muscle tension
• Headaches
• Insomnia
• Dizzy feeling
• Trouble catching your breath
• Tightness in your chest
• Racing heart
• Shakiness
• Excessive sweating
• Ringing in ears

Types of Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety can disrupt your life in profound ways. Anxiety can be incredibly uncomfortable, painful, and at times even debilitating. The impact of anxiety is far reaching and it can manifest as various anxiety disorders.

Common types of Anxiety Disorders include the following:

• Generalized anxiety disorder
• Panic disorder
• Social anxiety disorder (social phobia)
• Phobia-related disorders
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Illness Anxiety disorder (Health Anxiety)
• Separation Anxiety disorder

If you find yourself struggling with anxiety of any kind, Liz Yarock Psychotherapy is here to help you. In our work you'll develop and enhance your own tools and strategies to live a more peaceful, present, and joyful life.

Anxiety Therapy for Adolescents

Given the multitude of changes, uncertainties, and pressures teenagers face, it's no wonder anxiety is on the rise in adolescence. The transition from childhood to adulthood brings upon new roles, responsibilities, and expectations, all of which can be overwhelming. Anxiety does not have one specific cause. A combination of hormonal changes during puberty and one's genetic predisposition play a role in developing anxiety. Environmental stressors including academic pressure, peer dynamics, family issues, and traumatic events all play a part in trigger anxiety. Anxiety disorders vary from teenager to teenager.

What is High-functioning Anxiety in Women?

As a woman, it's common to experience high-functioning anxiety. On the outside, you may look like you have it all together. You’re the person who is extremely high-achieving, reliable, detail-oriented, motivated, helpful, ambitious, cooperative, thoughtful, organized, and driven. However, on the inside, you’re filled with worry, overanalyzing every decision, preparing for endless worst-case scenarios, sleepless nights, feelings of overwhelm, and discomfort.

High-functioning anxiety can impact your life in profound ways.  Some of the common ways high-functioning anxiety manifests and the internal struggles are the following:

• Negative self-talk or self-criticism
• Intrusive thoughts making it hard to concentrate or be present
• Overthinking
• Perfectionism
• Difficult sleeping
• Constant worry
• Feelings of guilt
• Second guessing yourself
• People pleasing
• Always doing more
• Racing thoughts
• Lack of boundaries or guilt saying no
• Anticipating the worst case scenarios
• Procrastinating
• Imposter syndrome, so you end up second guessing yourself a lot
• Seeking reassurance and outside validation

How Anxiety Therapy can help you

Anxiety does not have to rule your life. Liz Yarock provides customized treatment to help you reduce your overall anxiety and allow you to live a more peaceful life with a restored sense of security and ease. Through psychotherapy you’ll explore your thought patterns, feelings, behaviors, and tune into your body cues in new ways, to promote a deeper sense of understanding of your anxiety and what keeps it going. We will work to identify and work towards realistic and attainable goals to best begin to talk back to your anxiety and feel more grounded and rooted the present moment.

Liz Yarock Psychotherapy's approach is rooted in evidence-based strategies proven to treat anxiety. Therapy will be tailored to treat your specific needs. Treatment will consist of a combination of psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, and mind-body therapies.

Transformative Anxiety Therapy So You Can Live With A Sense Of Ease and Thrive

The tools you gain in psychotherapy are designed to offer long term relief from anxiety.

Anxiety Therapy can help you discover inner peace and tranquility amidst the ups and downs of life. Through anxiety therapy you can learn to cultivate a sense of calm and greater trust in your inner resources and wisdom. Liz Yarock’s approach will empower you to identify your individual strengths and embrace each day with greater confidence and ease.

Ready to begin Therapy for Anxiety?

Learn more about me and schedule your complimentary phone consultation. I offer a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation to help you gain a sense of who I am, my approach to therapy, and to determine whether you and I both think we may work well together.

Liz Yarock Therapy is here to help. The primary mission at Liz Yarock Psychotherapy is to provide compassionate and heartfelt therapy for women in New York, New Jersey, and throughout New England. If you’re suffering from anxiety or any other mental health struggle, you don’t have to face it alone. Liz Yarock is here to help you find greater peace and emotional well-being. Psychotherapy is an opportunity to gain meaningful support, insight, and effective coping strategies to face life challenges.

I provide therapy to help you cope with life’s demands both large and small so you can focus on what matters to you most!