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SkyeHelps offers in-person and online counseling individuals of all ages who are experiencing uncontrollable worry.
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety, which is sometimes called Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), is among the most debilitating mental health issues we can experience. Consequently, it requires a patient, empathetic practitioner to help a person free themselves from its grip. Everyone experiences some level of worry at some point in their life; it’s a normal emotion. But sometimes the worry is constant and uncontrollable. It seems to take over our minds and bodies. It can leave us feeling distracted, desperate, or even unable to function.
Our clinicians at SkyeHelps Counseling & Wellness can help you learn to cope with and manage anxiety. You can learn to think logically about your emotions, identify triggers, and adjust your beliefs. We will work with you to create peace in your daily routine. We guide you through the process of using your beliefs to manage your feelings and behaviors. This is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or Rational Emotive-Behavioral Therapy.
Our approach to anxiety therapy can equip you with the tools you need to feel better. We help you thrive by identifying the source of your emotional turmoil and then helping you make the changes necessary for long-term stability. You go at your own pace because everyone is different.
What is the anxiety therapy process like?
Anxiety management usually begins with an intake interview and assessment so we can work with you effectively. Your subsequent appointments with us will last about an hour. When treating anxiety, the number of appointments varies from one person to the next because everyone has a unique set of circumstances.
Will you make my anxiety go away?
Counselors and the counseling process don’t provide people with “cures.” Instead, our job is to help you learn to connect with your feelings in a way that will allow you to function more effectively. Over time, you may notice that your anxiety has melted away, but getting to that point is a process that can take weeks to months and depends heavily on your commitment to the therapeutic process.
At SkyeHelps, your anxiety therapy will progress at a pace that is comfortable for you. Our intention is to help you learn to process your feelings in order to develop healthy relationships with them.
What kinds of therapy do you use to treat anxiety?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy are two common tools that therapists have for treating anxiety. We use them to help people think about their emotions. With the ability to think about emotions, people learn to change their beliefs or “schemas” so they can engage with their feelings in a more logical way.
Skye has created a tool she calls The Tree to help patients discover why they feel the way they feel and how to change. The Tree Model posits that there are only two kinds of feelings: unhelpful and helpful; and all our unhelpful feelings are created from three beliefs that are locked into our neurology in early childhood. “I have no control” is the first belief, and it is created by the time we are two years old. The second belief is “I’m not good enough” and is created when we start school or earlier if we have siblings. The third belief is “I’m responsible for everything” and is usually created by the time we reach middle school age.
We will teach you that none of the three beliefs of The Tree are true or helpful and walk you through learning what is true and helpful about control, enough-ness, and responsibility. Of the thousands of individuals we have taught The Tree to, the vast majority of them feel better by the end of our first session. Watch this YouTube video for a brief overview of The Tree.
Other types of therapy
If Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, or The Tree don’t help with your anxiety, we may try Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). This form of therapy allows you to disconnect your physical response to a stimuli from the stimuli itself.
Maybe you think “I’m not good enough” a thousand times a day and this produces a terrible feeling of anxiety or panic in your body. EMDR can locate the source of that negative core belief and disconnect the negative belief from the anxiety. Then, we access positive core beliefs that enable you to move toward more adaptive thinking. Thoughts like “I’m learning” and “I’m worthy of love and belonging” can be very helpful in offering comfort to our anxious parts.
Another tool we often use in treating anxiety is Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS). IFS is unique in that it posits that everyone houses inside of them many different parts or personalities. We can hear the parts talk to and fight with each other. We can feel when a part is taking over or leading. The therapeutic process allows us to access, talk with, connect to, unburden, heal, understand, and ultimately connect to each of our many parts. This allows us to become Self Lead.
We often hear our patients say “I don’t know myself” or “I don’t trust myself.” Our clinicians are able to help you access your True Self, heal your broken and wounded parts, and learn to trust True Self in order to live a more calm, compassionate, connected, confident, curious, and courageous life.
Are there other ways of treating anxiety?
Yes, and we are careful to assess each person to identify the most appropriate therapeutic approach. Some of our therapists are trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, Gotman Institute techniques, and Humanistic Existential Psychology. All of these therapeutic modalities use online or in-person therapy.
Does SkyeHelps protect client privacy?
Absolutely! We never disclose information to third parties beyond the extent required by law. Even then, we remain committed to our clients and strive to protect your privacy. If we’re ever required to share information with another party, we will inform you immediately. Furthermore, all of our record keeping practices and counseling sessions are HIPAA compliant. Your privacy is very important to us.
What if I’m too anxious to leave my house to come to therapy?
SkyeHelps Counseling and Wellness offers online sessions as well as in-person. The effectiveness of online treatment has been studied and shown to be as effective, if not more effective, that in-person counseling. You can click here to make an online or in-person appointment with the SkyeHelps clinician of your choice.
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Location
SkyeHelps Counseling & Wellness private counseling offices are located on the second floor of the Sargent Building on the Square in Dahlonega, Georgia.
72 Public Square N., Ste. B
Dahlonega, GA 30533