The primary non-medical treatment for anxiety disorders is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with an emphasis on Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP).
Panic Disorder
Anxiety’s Secret Rules: Are you following them?
Be warned, Anxiety will say anything it has to say in order to get you away from situations that it thinks are dangerous. Anxiety will try to convince you to follow certain “Rules” in order to be safe, but following those rules is what gives Anxiety its power over you.
The Importance of Therapy “Homework” Assignments for Treating Your Anxiety Disorder
Recovery from an anxiety disorder or OCD involves committing yourself to hard and often uncomfortable work in the short term in order to live a more comfortable future. Typically, this means “homework” and lots of it!
Adaptive Thinking
Your anxiety in specific situations is perfectly understandable if you are aware of the thoughts or beliefs that fuel it.
Anxiety’s Thinking Traps
When your fear is directed at things or situations that are not likely to be dangerous (for example, talking to an attractive person at a party, seeing a mouse, or having a scary thought) the adrenalin onslaught is unnecessary and therefore “Anxiety”.
The Panic Paradox: If you don’t want it, you got it!
Panic attacks are a paradox! If you don’t want them—you’ve got them.
The Role of Relaxation in Anxiety Treatment
Can some relaxation strategies make your anxiety worse?
Exposure Therapy for Fear of Panic Attacks
How to face your fear, when your fear is fear itself!
Why Anxiety Disorders Stick Around
How are anxiety disorders maintained?
The Panic Disorder Cycle
Understanding the panic disorder cycle