Anxiety Counselors
and Therapists in Fort Worth
Anxiety Counseling
and Therapy in Fort Worth, Texas
Anxiety is difficult because sometimes you feel it before you think it, feel it and not think it, and wonder, “Why am I anxious?” We can help you break down the anxiety you feel and carefully counsel you to a place where you can experience peace, even in the midst of difficult circumstances. Cowtown offers anxiety counseling and therapy in Fort Worth, Texas for individual, marriages, and families.
Individual counseling for anxiety may look like help with social situations, panic, work-place anxiety, spiritual anxiety, and the like.
Marriage counseling for anxiety may involve working through emotional intimacy issues, sexual intimacy struggles, fear of communicating, and conflict aversion
Family counseling for anxiety may look like help with being afraid to say something, learning to listen and speak, and the like
Common symptoms for those struggling with anxiety
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Racing heartbeat
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Forgetful breathing
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Difficulty with non-verbal and verbal communication
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Running through talking points in your head
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Ruminating on worst case scenarios
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“I am my own worst critic.”
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Perfectionistic thinking
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Struggling to fall asleep
ANXIETY THERAPISTS IN FORT WORTH THAT CAN HELP YOU
Celina Stelly, Crystal Shi, Sherena Holmes, Brian Dunn, and Joel Peterson are anxiety therapists and counselors in Fort Worth that can help you. Click the schedule button to begin the counseling process.
Helpful Blog Posts
If you wrestle with anxious thinking, or what’s behind it, check out our blog post on Thinking and Your Mindset. In this short read we share about how God has designed you to think because he has given you dominion over the earth. We hope you are encouraged.
One of the most helpful and simple things to do with anxiety is to tell yourself to slow down. Check out our post on Slowing Down When you Feel Anxious. This short read will help you see that anxiety wants you to speed up! In reality, nothing has to change when you have these thoughts.
Three Quick Tips to Reduce Anxiety
Did you know that anxiety is the most common mental health issue we counsel? Here is our first tip: Throughout your day, whether driving or walking through the halls of your house, tell yourself to Slow Down. Drive a little bit slower; walk through your house slower. Continually practicing this will help reduce anxiety.
Our second tip: know that anxiety never learns from experience. For example, you feel anxious on Sunday because of work the following morning and then feel relief on Monday night. And this happens every week! Telling yourself that you will feel relief helps reduce anxious feelings.
Our third and final tip: It does not mean something wrong is happening in your life if you do not know what to do. You are designed to trust in God; therefore, trusting is not a bad practice. Practice trusting God with food and water during your day, and then try with finances, relationships, and career goals.
Resources and Helps for Anxiety
There are many good books and short-reads out there on anxiety. Here is a list of resources that provide some insight and hopefully some help for you from a christian perspective.
When People are Big and God is Small by Ed Welch
Ed Welch, biblical counselor and writer breaks down the human experience of fear and anxiety. He carefully engages God and our design to love people more than needing love from them.
Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry by Catharine M. Pittman and Elizabeth M. Karle
This is a helpful book to understand the difference between anxiety with cognitions and anxiety from past experiences.
A Small Book for the Anxious Heart by Ed Welch
Welch gives the reader a 50 day anxiety devotional, including common issues within anxiety as well as encouragement from the Bible.