Individual Therapy for Anxiety 

Services for anxiety are offered for children, teens, and adults. Anxiety presents differently across the lifespan. For children, you may see signs such as a reluctance to join in activities without a parent or preferred caregiver, difficulty separating from a parent, or fear of specific places or things (e.g., dark, ghosts, heights, animals).  Perhaps you also realize your child has been having excessive worries about school or grades, or negative self-talk. You may also notice physical symptoms, such as crying, avoidance, or shaking. Some children may refuse to speak to certain people or in certain places (e.g., school) due to worries. For teens and adults, you may notice social worries, repeatedly worrying about the same things without moving forward, worries keeping you up at night, perfectionistic tendencies, "What If" thinking and worrying about the worst possible outcomes of situations, worries about school or work, difficulty relaxing, and/or procrastination.

Cognitive behavioral therapy is an evidence-based therapy that focuses on modifying unhelpful thoughts and behavioral patterns that lead to negative emotions. Common tools used in Cognitive behavioral therapy include practice changing negative self-talk, exposure therapy to help you gain confidence in coping with uncomfortable situations in a gradual manner, and developing alternative thoughts. 

Capital Area Therapy is proud to offer cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for any of the above symptoms and for the following anxiety concerns:

• Generalized anxiety disorder 
• Social anxiety disorder
• Specific phobias
• Separation anxiety disorder
• Selective mutism