Treat your anxiety, Find peace
Anxiety is by far the most prevalent mental illness in our modern world. In the U.S. alone, more than 40 million American adults struggle with anxiety of some sort, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Anxiety can be accompanied by mental worry or emotional pain, and it can be overwhelming, hijacking our senses and preventing us from enjoying the present moment. Anxiety amplifies our fears and can make us more paranoid or irritable than situations warrant. Fortunately, anxiety therapy can help free you from the burdens of overthinking, worrying, and reacting to anxiety.
Our anxiety therapists are trained to help you develop coping skills, manage your anxiety symptoms, and identify and confront the root causes of your anxiety. Regain peace of mind now with anxiety therapy. If you're looking for an "anxiety therapist near me" in New York, look no further than Manhattan Mental Health Counseling. Our anxiety therapists provide talk therapy using effective evidence-based approaches like cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, EMDR, and mindfulness-based therapy.
Common Symptoms and Signs of Anxiety
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Heart palpitation or chest pain
Sweating
Ruminating or obsessing
Muscle tensions
Fatigue or weakness
Breaking the cycle of avoidance
You cannot fix the problem of anxiety by avoiding it; you must instead learn how to change your relationship to it. Chronic or intense anxiety can end when properly addressed with the help of a therapist. Anxiety therapy helps break the cycle of avoidance by teaching you how to face the anxiety head-on.
Learn coping skills with anxiety therapy
You will learn to recognize your triggers and identify your internal warning signs that the anxiety cycle has started. You will learn to disengage from negative thoughts and treat them as information, rather than absolute truths, so they have less influence over your behavior. You will also learn acceptance skills that allow you to feel the physical symptoms of anxiety as they occur in your body without trying to change them or run from them. We help you prevent stress from escalating, focus on the present moment, and take decisive action.
Getting to the root causes of anxiety
Our anxiety therapists are skilled at going deep beneath the surface to help you confront the root causes of anxiety in your life.
So much of what we do is dictated by our subconscious and our habits. A skilled anxiety therapist can help you understand why certain fears, places, or situations induce anxiety and how to overcome them. We can help you examine the situation with a renewed perspective and consciously design a life after your own heart and values.
As part of anxiety therapy, you will learn:
Identify your triggers and learn how to calm yourself and disengage from negative thoughts and behaviors
Apply strategies for minimizing stress and anxiety
Accept reality as it is, feel the physical symptoms of anxiety, and recognize their impermanence
Prevent stress from escalating
Focus on the present moment and take decisive action
Different types of anxiety
Anxiety manifests itself in a variety of ways. The most common types are:
Chronic stress (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)
Characterized by high frequency and high-intensity anxiety, exaggerated worry and tension. Generalized anxiety disorder consists of realistic but excessive worry about everyday things like work, family, health money or school. The worry is out of proportion to the stressor, causing you to feel regularly on edge.
Panic Attacks (Panic Disorder)
Social Anxiety
Characterized by emotional discomfort in group settings, often accompanied by the fear of being embarrassed or judged by others.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Phobias
Unrealistic and exaggerated fears of specific things, places or people. Phobic individuals usually know how unrealistic their fears are but cannot help their reactions.
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Featured Anxiety Therapists
Choosing the right psychotherapist can be an overwhelming challenge, which is why we strive to make it as easy as possible to find top-rated anxiety therapists in New York. No matter how intense your anxiety, Manhattan Mental Health Counseling has many anxiety therapists available to help.
We provide talk therapy for depression and outpatient therapy for anxiety using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psychodynamic, EMDR and mindfulness-based therapy, among other modalities. Our New York depression counselors are featured below. Our New York depression counselors are featured below. Note that our anxiety therapists also provide online therapy from the comfort of your home.
Ricci Mercedes, LMHC
Ricci Mercedes uses a client-centered, holistic approach grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide individuals toward self-awareness, resilience, and meaningful growth, fostering an empowering partnership that honors each person’s unique journey.
Atisha Bhuiyan, LMHC
Atisha Bhuiyan uses a collaborative, empathetic approach grounded in DBT and CBT to guide individuals, families, and groups through challenges like anxiety, depression, PTSD, and personality disorders, empowering them to uncover strengths and build a fulfilling future.
Marissa Davitt, MHC-LP
Marissa uses an empathetic, action-oriented approach grounded in CBT and DBT to guide clients through anxiety, substance abuse, relationship challenges, and life transitions, fostering clarity, growth, and meaningful change.
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