You Started Anxiety Therapy and Now What is the Next Step?

Starting therapy for anxiety is a huge step forward in your mental health wellbeing.

There was a lot involved to get to this place including doing your research to find the best anxiety therapist for you. Your anxiety is out of control and there is so much on your plate. You just want it go away so you can live your life how you want. You’re going to therapy but what is the next step and what is expected now that you have started therapy?

In this blog, I’m going to share about what you can do to get the most out of your anxiety therapy sessions.

I am an anxiety therapist in Wilmington, NC and specialize in women’s therapy in Wilmington, NC. I provide anxiety treatment, treatment for perfectionism, therapy for imposter syndrome, and burnout counseling.

I provide online anxiety therapy for high achievers in North Carolina and Maryland.

Keep reading to find out what I share with my clients when I talk to them about how to get the most out of their anxiety therapy sessions.

If you haven’t started anxiety therapy yet but you are thinking about it, check out Wilmington, NC online counseling practice.

Ready to start anxiety therapy with me? Click the button below to schedule your free 15 minute consultation on the date and time of your choice.

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5 Things You Can Do to Get the Most Out of Your Anxiety Therapy Sessions

Check out this list of 5 things you can do to make sure you get the most out of your anxiety therapy sessions.

So this is assuming you have done the work to find the best anxiety therapist for you. If you haven’t done that step yet, check out this helpful blog post here!

If you have, keep reading!

#1 Show Up

Yes of course this means physically show up to your session (kind of a no brainer here). If you don’t actually show up there isn’t much that can be done.

However, I mean prepping yourself and being open to your therapy sessions. Now I know anxiety can make your mind swirl all over the place with thoughts and cause discomfort. If this is happening before, during, or at the end of your session let your anxiety therapist know. Anxiety therapists are trained to be able to provide and teach skills to help reduce anxiety and ground you in the moment. When you are grounded and present, you are much more able to process information. As an anxiety therapist, I am often attuned to the “vibes” in the room but admittedly therapists are also human and don’t always catch it.

#2 Think About What We Talked About In Between Sessions

As an anxiety therapist for women, the majority of my clients have Generalized Anxiety Disorder which impacts different parts of their life. Therapists typically see their clients once a week or less and for an hour of time or less.

Reflecting on session and what was discussed can be an important piece to the therapy process. Often I will ask client to journal or spending some time thinking about key elements or themes that appeared.

#3 Practice Exercises

Okay so to piggyback off of point #2 above, sometimes in session, skills are taught to help calm the nervous system having an impact on thoughts and thinking styles or physical sensations happening throughout the body.

Practicing in session is really important and even more important is practicing outside of your anxiety therapy appointments. I always encourage my clients to practice outside of sessions. We talk about days and times when it would be easiest to do so. I also encourage clients to give an exercise a try more than once too and we talk in session about challenges that occurred or successes made.

#4 Make a Few Notes in Session

If something really sticks with you while in session, jot it down! I love when my clients write down a few notes while we are in session. It tells me they are much more likely to process or practice important details, connections, or skills outside of session. So grab a pen and paper or a little notebook and take it into your anxiety therapy sessions.

#5 Provide Feedback to Your Anxiety Therapist

I love when my clients give me feedback. Again therapists are human and sometimes even with the best of intentions, we don’t get it right. Please communicate with us and let us know. Providing feedback can help the therapy process on so many different levels and can be a wonderful therapeutic opportunity for growth for the therapist and even for the client.

Start Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety in Wilmington, NC

Therapy is much more than just a one time a week for 60 minutes commitment. To really get the most out of your anxiety therapy sessions it is important to be an active participant inside the therapy office and outside of the therapy office.

You can get started in therapy at Calm Waters Counseling by following these 4 simple steps:

Click the button below to schedule your free 15 minute consultation
Complete the brief questionnaire sent to your email before the consultation
Meet with your anxiety therapist
Start living your life with less anxiety

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Additional Services Offered at Calm Waters Counseling for Women

You can learn more about me and my Wilmington, NC counseling practice here! In addition to providing therapy for women, I specialize in anxiety treatment, overcoming perfection, overcoming imposter syndrome, and burnout counseling.

Online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety in North Carolina

Online therapy is more accepted and online therapy has a lot of benefits and can be flexible to your needs. Online counseling for women occurs over a HIPAA compliant platform where we can see each other and hear each other.

Click the links below to learn more about online therapy where you live.