Generalized Anxiety Disorder
What is Generalized Anxiety?
The hallmark of GAD is having excessive worry (“what if..?”) that is difficult to turn off. People with GAD often worry about many different things and feel little relief from the worrying.
Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety
You’ll know if it’s a disorder if it feels excessive and you spend a lot of time worrying. Your worry probably feels unwanted and unhelpful, but that doesn’t stop it from coming up.
You may also feel muscle tension, fatigue, sleep troubles, “brain fog”, irritability, and feeling "on edge.”
Treatments for Generalized Anxiety
I provide gold standard treatments for GAD: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness-Based CBT.
ACT is a specialized form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that has a strong evidence base for treating severe worry and reclaiming mental clarity. Most people experience 75% symptom reduction with this treatment. You can expect:
-Learning what may cause GAD and keep it around
-Tools to turn down the volume on worry, release bodily tension, and increase mental flexibility.
-Slowly and carefully approaching what you’ve been avoiding, with support and accountability
-Skills to maintain your progress after therapy ends