Personalized Care for Anxiety at Recovery Ways
Recovery Ways’ evidence-based anxiety treatment program in Salt Lake City is designed to help you overcome fears and embrace a brighter future. Our programs are tailored to meet your individual needs and goals, combining therapeutic techniques, mindfulness practices, and holistic approaches to help you regain control and find balance. With the support of our compassionate team and community, you’ll learn effective strategies to manage anxiety and live a more fulfilling life. Get in touch with our team today!
What is Anxiety?
Most people have feelings of anxiety at times of excitement or stress, such as before a big event, an important due date, or a social outing. These feelings of anxiety come from the brain’s production of flight or fight chemicals, such as adrenaline, that evolved to help our ancestors survive dangerous situations. In our relatively safe modern society, they are produced in response to less urgent triggers, but for most people they are temporary and occur only in specific, manageable circumstances.
Anxiety disorders occur when the brain produces these feelings at times when there is no reason to do so. Disordered anxiety is characterized by chronic feelings of fear or worry that are not focused on any one object or situation. Those suffering from this disorder experience persistent, excessive and unrealistic fear about everyday matters. It can interfere with schooling, careers, relationships, and everyday activities.
The CDC reports that around 15% of adults in the US experience symptoms indicative of anxiety disorders. Frequent feelings of anxiety are becoming more and more common due to a number of factors including current events, safety concerns, health problems, climate change, and keeping up with rising bills (APA). Specialized treatment is available to help people get these unwanted feelings under control and live life without the barrier of anxiety. Recovery Ways provides anxiety treatment in Salt Lake City, Utah, to help adults regain control of their lives and find hope.
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To treat anxiety and substance abuse issues our anxiety specialists in Utah Recovery Ways offers the following programs:
- Residential Treatment
- Partial Day Treatment (PHP)
- Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
- Virtual Treatment
Common Anxiety Disorders
When recovering from an anxiety disorder, it’s vital to receive treatment that accounts for your specific diagnosis and symptoms. Anxiety manifests differently for everyone, and a one-size-fits-all approach may not address your unique challenges. Our anxiety counseling in Salt Lake City can treat a range of anxiety disorders, along with co-occurring disorders, allowing for targeted strategies and therapies that are more effective in reducing symptoms and improving quality of life.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Individuals suffering from generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) may experience excessive anxiety for months, along with irritability, fatigue, muscle tension, insomnia, difficulty concentrating, and restlessness.
It can be debilitating but treatment can help you improve. The National Institute of Mental Health says about 6.8 million U.S. adults struggle with GAD. This disorder GAD tends to start in childhood and, get worse with time. Though it can affect individuals regardless of gender, women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with GAD.
Panic Disorder
Symptoms of panic disorder are panic attacks or unexpected periods of intense fear that can cause an irregular or increased heart rate, trembling, sweating, feeling unable to breathe and impending doom. These tend to cause individuals to avoid places they have had panic attacks at before, worry about when the next attack will occur, feel out of control during a panic attack, and have repeated attacks of intense fear. Most attacks last for about 10 minutes and the average person will have at least one attack per week for at least four weeks.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) experience anxiety-inducing thoughts that can only be calmed by engaging in specific behaviors or rituals. They are compulsively repeated behaviors such as hand washing, checking for locked doors, organizing, or counting items that can take over the person’s life. Performing these behaviors brings temporary relief but soon after the anxiety returns. OCD affects around 2.5 million Americans according to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America. We offer OCD treatment in Salt Lake City to help you address and overcome symptoms that may be negatively impacting your life.
Social Anxiety Disorder
People struggling with social anxiety feel frightened by social situations or public speaking where they expect to feel rejected, embarrassed, judged, or offend others. They often have difficulty talking to others or being with others, experience physical symptoms of anxiety around people, worry for days or weeks before a social event, feel very self-conscious, have difficulty making and keeping new friends, and are very afraid of judgement. Our social anxiety treatment in Utah can help you overcome fears and learn to develop deeper connections.
Phobias
Certain objects, events, and places can create powerful and irrational feelings of fear. Most people struggling with phobic disorders have a specific phobia with several triggers. Depending on the number of and type of triggers, the phobia can take over the person’s life in their attempt to avoid it.
Symptoms of Anxiety
The symptoms of anxiety disorders will vary based on the type and intensity. Most anxiety disorders include a persistent, excessive fear in situations that are not threatening. Some symptoms experienced across disorders include:
- Lack of energy
- Feelings of dread
- Muscle aches
- Headaches
- Insomnia
- Inability to stay asleep or sleep soundly
- Inability to get out of bed
- Trembling
- Panic attacks with increased heart rate, breathing, and sweating
- Restlessness
- Gastrointestinal issues (nausea, cramping, vomiting)
If your anxiety symptoms are taking control of your life, you aren’t alone. Reach out to our compassion team to learn more about our anxiety treatment in Utah.
Common Causes of Anxiety
Substance Abuse
Substance abuse and addiction are strongly linked to various forms of mental health disorders, including anxiety. When you flood your brain with chemicals like drugs and alcohol, you interfere with your brain’s ability to regulate your mood and responses to the outside world. Anxiety arises when the rush of pleasure and happiness from being drunk or high wears off, and your brain is left drained and susceptible to panicky feelings. Anxiety can be a symptom of addiction withdrawal, or it can become a long-term problem as the brain readjusts to sobriety after years spent frequently using drugs or alcohol.
Trauma
Living through traumatic experiences such as the sudden loss of a loved one, an injury, illness, violence, or war are also strongly linked to anxiety. When these events happen, the brain struggles to cope with the emotional aftermath and may be more likely to set off anxious responses to everyday situations. You may become more likely to experience anxious feelings in general, or you may find that particular situations set off a panic response because they bear some similarity to the traumatic experience.
Stress and Burnout
It is natural to respond to some stress with feelings of anxiety. When a stressful situation occurs, our brain registers that we are under pressure and responds accordingly. But when stress becomes a part of your everyday life — whether you have a high-pressure job or are overworked at school or at home — anxiety can also become a regular fixture. Anxiety disorders are therefore likely to appear or recur during stressful times of our lives.
Treating Anxiety with Recovery Ways
At Recovery Ways, we offer a comprehensive approach to treating anxiety, providing the support and tools you need to build resilience. Whether you’re struggling with GAD, OCD, panic disorder, or another condition, our programs are designed to meet you where you are in your journey. We provide a full continuum of care, including inpatient treatment for those who are looking for a highly structured and supportive environment, Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) for intensive therapy with more flexibility, and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for ongoing support while you transition back into daily life.
Anxiety and substance abuse often go hand in hand. So, each patient is thoroughly assessed by our anxiety therapists in Salt Lake City to ensure that both the chemical dependence and mental health disorder are being treated. All anxiety and dual-diagnosis programs include individualized care and personalized treatment plans that focus on evidence-based methods. We offer a wide-range of modalities proven to facilitate healing including cognitive behavioral therapy, group therapy, sensory modulation, occupational therapy, and recreation therapy.
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Break the Cycle of Anxiety
The caring team at Recovery Ways believes that everyone deserves a life free from the burdens of anxiety. With our personalized treatment programs, multiple levels of care to meet your goals, and dedicated support, you can take the first step toward lasting relief and a brighter future. Don’t wait to start your journey—contact our anxiety treatment center in Utah today to learn how we can help you reclaim control and find peace.