Research done at various TERRAP centers throughout the country indicates a success rate approaching 90 percent. To find out why, we broke our treatment down into about 150 separate and distinct components and asked our former patients to indicate which individual factor in their treatment helped the most long-term. Four answers were most frequently mentioned:
“Knowledge is power.” It helps to rein in the fertile imagination that is often so present in anxiety.
Patients no longer have to maintain constant vigilance waiting for another anxiety attack because they feel more empowered and equipped to prevent and/or diffuse them. When patients no longer fear the “attack”, they rarely experience them. They are no longer passive victims of anxiety attacks.
Instead of keeping everything in and worrying about what others might think, being a people pleaser and allowing resentments to build up can cause more anxiety.
We teach you to “fight the thoughts, and not the feelings”. In other words, your hardware is NOT weak and defective; rather, your software needs to be updated.
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Overview of Program: A comprehensive approach to the importance of nutrition, exercise, and a healthy life balance. Discussion of medication, theoretical issues, and guidelines for proper implementation of program for a successful recovery.
Reviews the physiology of anxiety, discusses anxiety symptoms in detail, and the role of the autonomic nervous system.
The role of relaxation techniques including progressive muscle relaxation and breathing techniques. A relaxation CD is given to all participants. Powerful panic control techniques are introduced that help stop panic before it stops you.
Explains the role of fallacious thinking, misinterpretation of body sensations, and the extreme thinking associated with anxiety and phobias. Learn how to fight your thoughts, not your symptoms.
Step-by-step discussion on how to desensitize to phobic avoidance and beginning living life again. Get back to driving, travel, elevators, etc. Reinforce specific panic control strategies so you feel less helpless or powerless when facing the fear of panicking itself.
Begin to identify why you become anxious. Too much or too little stimulation can trigger attacks. Learn to identify the stimuli that cause your panic to escalate.
Learn how to set up both short and long-term goals. Learn specific techniques for attaining long-term recovery from anxiety and phobias.
Begin to take risks and break free from your “safe/phobic” zone. Get back to being the spontaneous, fun-loving person you were before anxiety.
The ability to identify and express feelings is crucial to overcoming anxiety. Become skilled at identifying and expressing emotions.
Explore how anger and anxiety are connected. Unexpressed anger often erupts as anxiety and panic attacks. Learn to overcome restrictive messages about feelings and properly express this very human emotion.
Develop effective strategies for assertively dealing with people. Differentiate between passive, aggressive, and assertive behaviors. Assertiveness is a counter-conditioner to anxiety.
Enhancing your communication skills is an important component to anxiety reduction. Master the art of listening, as well as effectively speaking to others.
Learn how to negotiate with others so you do not have to sacrifice your own needs, wants, and desires. Successful negotiations leave all parties satisfied.
The most important form of communication is communication with yourself. Adjust your inner dialogue to produce a successful outcome and a reduction of anxiety symptoms.
Explore how loving relationships can reduce stress and physiologically enhance our feelings of well-being. Discover roadblocks to loving relationships.
Discover how separation, sadness, and loss can trigger panic reactions. People become more vulnerable to panic reactions after experiencing change or loss.
Relapse prevention is a key component of long-term anxiety treatment. Learn strategies for dealing with anticipatory anxiety and worries.
Recap of program, how to move forward in your recovery, and enjoy your life’s goals. Make decisions based on your wants and preferences, not what fear dictates.
