Anxiety: Fighting Back


There are many ways we feel anxious, nervous, and unsettled about certain parts of our lives. Sometimes we need to reach out for help for a brief therapeutic period; some people work with a clinician to discover that they have chronic anxiety, an anxiety disorder, or obsessionality.


Usually as our anxiety increases, so does our avoidance of what we find upsetting. When we avoid the person, place, or thing that triggers our anxiety, the anticipation of what it might feel like to experience our fear looms larger. Thus, we find ourselves in a painful cycle of ever-increasing anxious feelings; the anxiety has effects on our work, family, relationships, and overall happiness.


We can help. Regardless of your past experience, your experience of therapy at the IAP will be sensitive, compassionate, and help you set reasonable, achievable goals working with anxiety. Though your treatment will be individually designed with you in mind, many of our techniques have been proven in current research and clinical studies.


Our treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder features exposure and response prevention, Cognitive Behavioral approaches, integrative and inclusive coping measures, and strategic planning for dealing with obsessional thoughts and compulsive behaviors.