61 Greenpoint Ave Suite 209 Brooklyn, NY 11222

718-490-6751

lseligman22@gmail.com

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61 Greenpoint Ave, Suite 209, Brooklyn, NY 11222

718-490-6751

lseligman22@gmail.com

Psychotherapy for anxiety

You will talk about your personal experiences and reflections, touching on various aspects of your life, including your current situation, past memories and impressions, important relationships, dreams, wishes, and challenges. In short, what is meaningful to you. Consistent psychotherapy sessions, in which you talk about what is meaningful to you, will often bring about a mitigation of anxiety states.

Therapy for anxiety can unlock your creativity and enhance self- esteem

Moderate levels of  anxiety are  necessary for growth and change. It is inevitable when you take risks, challenge yourself, or embark on new experiences.  However, when your anxiety becomes too high, you feel overwhelmed and your thinking is blocked. Over time, you will begin to realize the difference between constructive forms of anxiety and destructive forms of overwhelm. As a result, your ability to take risks and challenge yourself will open new possibilities for creativity and build self-esteem.

Your anxiety is telling you something

Anxiety can be an important signal to pay attention to. In the therapeutic setting, it will become much clearer  that your anxiety signals are trying to tell you things about yourself. With a growing awareness of this new information about yourself, you will find that you are more likely to think through anxiety states rather than reacting to them. You may even, with time, come to a state of curiosity about the sources of your anxiety. The more awareness you develop the better able you are to accept your emotional states, anxiety included. Acceptance contributes a great deal toward understanding.

Uncertainty is a part of everyday life

Uncertainty can be anxiety provoking, yet life can’t really be lived without uncertainty. Inevitably, in the course of therapeutic work, you and I will encounter uncertainty. Although these moments can be difficult, these encounters build courage and self-regard. Eventually, our work together makes possible a greater capacity to be more open to your anxiety of uncertainty when it comes up in daily life. As your awareness and reflective capacity increases, you become able to sustain an openness toward the uncertainty of  living. An acceptance of the unknown can increase with time and persistent curiosity.

Somatic symptoms and complaints

Sometimes, anxiety manifests in your body in the form of stomach troubles, headaches, fatigue, or other body complaints. Your physical symptoms can have hidden meanings, perhaps related to emotional conflict or an experience that has been repressed. In other words, your physical symptoms may be symbolic, linked to past events, or represent current internal discord, perhaps unknown to your conscious mind. As you find your words to talk about yourself, your symptoms, or whatever you wish to say, your somatic symptoms can, over time, be mitigated. Medication that addresses the body does not always help. For some people with chronic somatic symptoms, it is worthwhile to give talk therapy a try. 

If you would like to find out more, schedule a consultation

My empathetic and insight driven approach can help you develop the self-awareness and courage to begin to trust your thoughts and feelings, and to take the risks you have been wanting to take.

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