Anxiety in Troy, MI
Stress, anxiety, and worry are feelings we will all have sometimes. But when these feelings begin to affect your daily life, you may need some help. Turn to Julie Ruiz at Countryside Counseling Michigan offering online therapy options including CBT and ABT to the Clinton Township, Troy, and Sterling Heights, MI, areas if you start to feel overwhelmed.
What is Stress?
Stress is mental tension usually caused by difficult events or situations making it hard for us to relax. Stress can be short-term or long-term, and often affects our mental health. While we will all experience stress to some degree, it’s our response to stress that affects our overall well-being.
What Is Anxiety?
Anxiety is generally accepted as feelings of dread or fear and is considered a normal reaction to stressful situations. Anxiety serves an important purpose and can improve your energy temporarily or help you focus. However, some individuals are more prone to developing anxiety-related disorders, in which the anxiety response is triggered when it’s not needed or won’t turn off.
What Is Worry?
Worry is defined as mental agitation about future events, often occurring during or preceding stressful situations and accompanied by anxious thoughts. As with stress and anxiety, we are all likely to worry from time to time, and this is normal as long as it doesn’t become habitual and long-lasting.
Coping With Stress, Anxiety and Worry
Successfully managing stress, anxiety, and worry lies in the coping strategies and mechanisms you employ. This is why Julie, a licensed professional counselor, at Countryside Counseling Michigan is on hand to offer online counseling and therapy in the Clinton Township, Troy, and Sterling Heights, MI, areas.
Treatment Options for Stress, Anxiety, and Worry
Two therapeutic approaches to stress, anxiety, and worry are:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT is collaborative talk therapy that helps clients deal with a range of mental health disorders by adjusting unhelpful thought and behavioral patterns that are harmful to their mental and physical well-being.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT is a psychotherapeutic approach focused on accepting your emotions and feelings as part of life instead of suppressing them or trying to change them, while simultaneously improving your mental resilience and flexibility. To do this successfully, clients need to assess their values, apply mindfulness, and deploy meaningful activities consistent with these values using the 6 ACT processes as their framework.
Contact Information
For help with managing stress, anxiety, and worry, look no further than Julie at Countryside Counseling Michigan, who has over 25 years as a counselor, offering online counseling in Michigan, including the Clinton Township, Troy, and Sterling Heights, areas.