
Explore anxiety management with a practical worksheet, guided by Dustin DeMoss, applying patterns seen in mental health fields, and learn to work within your own parameters to alleviate anxiety.
Describe what anxiety is, its mental and physical symptoms, phobias and panic, and how avoidance worsens it; examine treatments such as cbt, exposure therapy, relaxation techniques, and medication as needed.
Practice catching catastrophizing thoughts and replacing them with rational alternatives using a guided worksheet to manage anxiety in common situations.
Discover practical strategies to calm anxiety and panic attacks by interrupting anxious thoughts with alternative activities, tracking triggers, practicing deep breathing with 4-4-6 counts, visualization, affirmations, humor, and journaling worries.
Explore the cognitive model of CBT, showing how thoughts shape emotions and behaviors, and learn to interrupt irrational thoughts with neutral, healthier responses while identifying triggers.
Identify your social anxiety triggers in everyday situations, from public speaking to crowded events, and learn how avoidance worsens anxiety while interrupting thoughts to change behaviors.
Learn to manage panic attacks and panic disorder with a toolbox of strategies, including calm breathing and realistic thinking, by identifying triggers and challenging scary thoughts.
Celebrate your commitment to mental health and your bravery in taking this course to manage anxiety and panic attacks, and connect with Dustin for questions and resources.
This course will cover different methods for help with anxiety and panic attacks. We will cover CBT, Panic Attacks, and Anxiety Management strategies. Successfully managing anxiety takes a number of methods and in this lecture series the incorporation of multiple techniques and strategies is used in order for the viewer to take away a measure of some ability to combat their own irrational thinking. The methods taught are proven methods and will allow the client to build a repertoire of skills to make a difference in their life with anxiety.
Structure:
1. Introduction
2. What is Anxiety?
3. Challenging Anxious Thoughts
4. Things You Can Do When You Feel Anxious
5. CBT for Anxiety
6. Exploring Social Anxiety
7. Panic Attacks Management
8. End of Course Message