Solving Actual Problems (Instead of Just Coping Skills) - Day 26 Break the Anxiety Cycle

Therapy in a Nutshell

Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam

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🗓️ 24 May 2024

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Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills Here's why stress management techniques often fail- they focus all their energy on changing the emotion, instead of changing the environment- when we really solve problems, we face them and resolve them instead of just learning to cope with them. In this video you'll learn how to resolve stress by geting to the root of the problem and problem solving like a therapist does. We're going to clear the mental blocks that are keeping you stuck in stress. Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapyinanutshell.com Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Therapy in a Nutshell and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger Institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LL

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Therapy in a nutshell podcast. I'm Emma McAdam, a licensed marriage and family
0:04.9	therapist, and it's my mission to create easy to understand educational content about therapeutic
0:10.2	skills and topics that anyone can use in their daily life. Stay tuned until the end of the video
0:15.4	to learn more about my mental health courses, discounts, and other news related to therapy in a nutshell. I hope you
0:21.9	enjoy the episode. Each podcast episode comes from a corresponding video you can find on the
0:27.7	Therapy in a Nutshell YouTube channel. Also, these podcasts are educational and don't replace the
0:33.4	advice or direction you may be receiving from a therapist or other health professional.
0:38.3	All right, let's jump in.
0:40.3	I recently got an email from a woman who said that she had been diagnosed with severe anxiety and depression and some other disorders.
0:48.3	And she tried yoga, mindfulness, self-compassion, grounding skills, and DBT skills.
0:54.4	She saw doctors, she tried multiple medications, but still she had so much anxiety that it
1:00.3	made it hard for to function in life.
1:02.2	But, she said in her email, something did work, leaving her abusive husband.
1:08.3	You see, the problem wasn't the anxiety in her head, the problem was the situation. She was married to an abusive husband. You see, the problem wasn't the anxiety in her head. The problem was the situation.
1:12.6	She was married to an abusive man. He was physically abusive, emotionally abusive, and financially abusive for 17 years.
1:20.6	In that situation, you could do all the therapy in the world, but the anxiety probably wouldn't go away because anxiety wasn't the
1:28.9	problem. Anxiety was the messenger. And in this situation, it was delivering a truthful message.
1:35.2	You aren't safe. And no matter how much coping she did or how much yoga and positive thinking,
1:41.3	it wasn't going to change the situation for her.
1:51.6	She said that when she finally left that abusive relationship, all of her symptoms greatly decreased.
1:56.8	She continues to get support from her family, friends, and professionals, but she doesn't experience severe anxiety and depression anymore.
2:05.6	Sometimes the best treatment for anxiety isn't psychological. It's not mindfulness or grounding skills.
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