An Exercise To Calm Your Anxious Thoughts

Managing Anxious Thoughts.

Many clients seek my services because they suffer with anxiety. Anxiety can be situational and easily explained, it can take people by surprise without warning, or it can happen without an identifiable reason.

In my practice, one way I help clients manage their anxiety is by having them identify the thoughts driving their anxiety. Remember, if you have an unpleasant thought, you will ALWAYS have an unpleasant feeling and behavior that follow.

The key to alleviating stress and anxiety begins with: (1) identifying thoughts (2) changing those thoughts around into something more positive OR challenging those thoughts with evidence. You ask yourself “is this thought I am having accurate? Do I have evidence the thought is true?” If the answer is “no,” restructure the anxiety producing thought using the evidence you have to disprove it.