Anxiety Therapy Chicago Illinois

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Anxiety Therapy In Chicago

Looking for anxiety therapy in Chicago? Hoping to find someone to help with stress management, relationship stress, panic, worries, fears, and doubts? Hoping to find the right therapist to fit your unique needs?

If the answer is yes, you have come to the right place. That’s because the Calm Anxiety CBT Therapy Clinic is focused like a laser beam on helping you to achieve more balanced living.

Let’s face it. Living in Chicago can be stressful. There are a number of reasons for this, including the high cost of living, crime, traffic, extreme weather changes, and commuting.

Anxiety Causes and Symptoms

Did you know anxiety is the most common mental health challenge in the United States? It is absolutely true. According to the National Mental Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), something like 20% of the population struggles with anxiety disorders (National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2023).

Anxiety can manifest in many different ways. An example might be an overwhelming feeling that something bad will happen. Another example could be obsessing over a particular issue or an inability to turn your brain off. Sleep challenges, an inability to focus and, worries about work, family, or career can all be part of the dynamic.

Stopping anxiety from taking over your life is possible.

If you struggle with an anxiety disorder, it can feel like your entire mind and body are being consumed by life-zapping energy.

Here are some questions to ask yourself as part of your journey to find the best anxiety therapy in Chicago.  

  • Is your mind constantly running and you can’t turn it off?
  • Do you ruminate on a specific topic or issue for hours?
  • Do you struggle falling asleep or staying asleep?
  • Have you experienced panic attacks or moments of panic?
  • Do you have sexual performance anxiety?
  • Do you have health anxiety about becoming sick?
  • Are you more irritable than usual or impatient?
  • Do you experience rapid heart rate, sweating, shortness of breath and a feeling of dread?
  • Have you considered social anxiety therapy because you tend to isolate?

While not exhaustive, the symptoms mentioned above are common among those who struggle with anxiety.

Some people have a host of physical issues that happen in tandem with what has been described above. These include muscle tension, low concentration, and gastrointestinal problems.

The Best Anxiety Therapy I’ve Experienced

-Joe in Chicago’s Loop

Our Anxiety Therapy Approaches

The wonderful news is that the compassionate counselors at the Calm Anxiety CBT Therapy Clinic in Chicago stand ready to offer help.

We use a variety of evidence-based treatment approaches that are designed to reduce anxiety while offering you concrete coping tools to create positive change.

Examples of Anxiety Therapy

If you are wondering what particular approaches, we use with our Chicago clients to treat anxiety, see below:

Therapist for anxiety in Chicago, IL
Therapy for anxiety in Chicago

How Our Chicago Anxiety Therapy Help

To begin with, our therapists are specially trained as Chicago anxiety specialists in helping people with anxiety. Some even hold specific certifications that focus on issues like ameliorating worries, fears, panic, and stress.

Additionally, your therapist acts in some ways as a teacher, helping you to understand how anxiety is manifesting in your life and practical, straightforward, and proven ways of coping.

And at the end of the day, isn’t that what you are really looking for? A stronger sense of insight about how anxiety biologically and psychologically impacts you and simple things you can do to create positive change?

My Health Anxiety is now under control.

I couldn’t have done it without my Calm Anxiety Therapist!

-Shelly in Andersonville, Chicago

What Our Chicago Anxiety Therapists Treat

Stress in different forms: Career problems, a sudden loss, a change in jobs, college, and money problems. All of these can cause a massive release of brain chemicals that jack up cortisol levels – and stress.

Generalized Anxiety: This is characterized by excessive worry and an inability to stop worrying and relax.

Health anxiety: At its core, health anxiety is all about having irrational concerns about becoming sick or getting a life-threatening disease.

Our anxiety specialists at the Calm Anxiety Therapy Clinic in Chicago pride themselves on being educated in the latest forms of holistic treatments.

Signs of Generalized Anxiety

You may be wondering if you have some form of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. While it’s never a good idea to self-diagnose, there are symptoms that can offer clues about what may be going on.

Do any of these apply?

  • It seems like you can’t stop worrying about different things in your life, such as family, work, relationships, or money.
  • You spend an inordinate amount of time overthinking a situation or scenario and can’t stop replaying things in your mind.
  • The triggers for your anxiety seem elusive.
  • Dealing with the uncertainty is overwhelming.
  • When you try not to think about a situation or distract yourself, the benefits are short-lived or don’t happen at all.
  • You struggle with making a decision or sticking to it because you lack personal confidence.
  • You tend to be perfectionistic and not in a good way.
  • You experience physical symptoms linked to your anxiety, including shortness of breath, dizziness, confusion, muscle tension, and sleep problems.
  • Physical intimacy is difficult because you worry about being attractive or desirable.

Some people even have panic attacks with anxiety. Think of this as being terrified with physical symptoms that are intense. Many of our Chicago anxiety therapy clients have described this as feeling like they have lost control and even out of touch with reality.

People often describe their panic attacks as some type of heart problem. In these moments, things can feel scary! But the truth is the symptoms themselves are harmless.  

Our Chicago anxiety specialists offer counseling and therapy that is designed to address these very challenges and can help you spot the signs of a panic attack before it even begins.

Our anxiety therapists can also help you learn what to do in the middle of a panic attack so that you can dial down the intensity and feel a sense of relief.

My CBT Therapist Helped Me Dial Down My Anxiety

– Kenny in Lakeview, Chicago

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Health Anxiety

If you have ever found yourself overthinking something going on with your body and consulting with “Dr. Google” to arrive at a diagnosis, you may have health anxiety.

While it is important to notify your doctor about any sudden changes in your physical health, some people are plagued with reoccurring thoughts about “catching a disease” or becoming seriously sick. A strong indication you may have health anxiety is an ongoing pattern of worry about your physical health.

Examples of Health Anxiety

  • You have convinced yourself that the cold you have is something worse.
  • You assign symptoms (real or imagined) of something minor to something major, such as an ingrown hair really being Ebola.
  • Constantly checking your body for signs of illness.
  • Constantly asking people for reassurance that you aren’t sick.
  • You regularly discount lab tests and believe the doctor has missed something.
  • You won’t watch or stream any shows that depict various forms of medical illness.
  • You isolate or avoid social situations because you are worried you might get sick.
  • You assign meaning to tingles, bumps, or bruises to something awful without first being seen by a doctor.
  • The concerns about your health are so overwhelming that the worry feeds off itself and sends you into an anxious spiral.

If you answered yes to several or all of these symptoms, chances are you have grown tired of having to deal with them. Our Chicago Anxiety Therapy professionals want to help you find a new, calmer path to living.

The goal is to have a healthier relationship with your body and create change around somatic distortions that may be keeping you from reaching your full potential.

I Feel My Health Anxiety is Much Better!

– Dana in Roscoe Village, Chicago

Getting Anxiety Therapy in Chicago

Many of our anxiety therapy clients come to us from different neighborhoods in Chicago. Examples include Lakeview, Uptown, Lincoln Park, Andersonville, The Gold Coast, and The Loop.

For all of these individuals, our counselors provide compassionate, evidence-based treatment options that are designed to help dial down worries and fears while allowing you to live a more balanced life.

Our main offices are not far from Wrigley Field, close to the CTA’s Red Line stop at Addison and Brown Line Stop at Paulina. Surrounding zip codes include 60657, 60613, 60640, 60618, 60610, and 60611.

And if you can’t make it to the office because you live in a Chicago neighborhood that is at a distance, such as Streeterville, Near North, Logan Square, or Lincoln Square, anxiety therapy may be available to you via video sessions. We use a HIPAA-compliant platform to protect your privacy.

 

 CBT Therapy Gave Me New Calming Tools!

– Kenny in Lakeview, Chicago

Anxiety Therapy Chicago Made Simple!

We know that reaching out for counseling is not always easy. That’s why we encourage you to call us directly at (773) 234-1350 or use our confidential contact form.

Reference: 

National Alliance on Mental Illness . (2023). Anxiety disorders. Retrieved from NAMI: https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Mental-Health-Conditions/Anxiety-Disorders