Anxiety Treatment in Houston

If anxiety is disrupting sleep, work, relationships, or daily functioning, it is time for an assessment. Red flags include panic attacks, persistent avoidance, intrusive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, significant irritability, or feeling unable to “turn your brain off.” We’ll assess symptoms and safety and recommend the right level of support, which may include OP, IOP, PHP, or a more structured plan.

Evidence-based anxiety treatment often includes CBT with exposure-based strategies, ACT-informed approaches, and skills training (often DBT-informed). When clinically appropriate, psychiatric evaluation and medication management can reduce symptom intensity so therapy is more effective. Explore core therapies here: CBT, DBT, EMDR, Neurofeedback, and Mindfulness.

Anxiety treatments often include therapies that address previous traumas and negative experiences and help you process them. Doing this kind of internal work can be mentally and emotionally taxing and lead to feelings of shock, depression, and even anger.

The side effects however, are short term. Throughout these therapies, you will come to develop coping skills and life skills that help you work through any negative emotions and overcome them.

There is not a defined timeline for anxiety disorder treatment to take effect. Everyone’s experience with anxiety is different. Your recovery timeline may be shorter or longer than others suffering from the same diagnosis, depending on the severity of your symptoms, the length of time you have been dealing with anxiety, and any other co-occurring disorders that may be present.

It is possible to treat anxiety disorder without medication. Many people with their anxiety diagnosis choose to forgo medication and manage their disorder through individual therapy sessions and support groups.

Although there is still a stigma behind taking anxiety prescriptions, medication management is nothing to be ashamed of. Depending on the severity of your disorder and how you function in your day to day life, medication assisted treatment might be the best option for you as it can help you stabilize your condition while you undergo treatment.

We commonly treat generalized anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, trauma-related anxiety, health anxiety, performance anxiety, and OCD-related symptoms. If you’re unsure what you’re experiencing, an assessment can clarify what’s driving distress and what approach is most likely to help.

Anxiety disorders aren’t only worrying. Someone with an anxiety disorder is chronically overwhelmed with feelings of fear, dread, and panic. These emotions become all-encompassing and affect how the individual lives their day to day life.

Everyone experiences periods of stress or worry. The difference is that anxiety disorder is not a period of worry, but rather a constant state of emotional turmoil.

Researchers do not understand entirely what causes anxiety disorders, however, chemicals in the brain are suspected to play a role. Long-term or extreme stress can affect the balance of the brain’s mood-influencing chemicals, such as serotonin. When these chemicals are out of balance, an anxiety disorder can develop.

Untreated anxiety can worsen quickly. An untreated anxiety disorder can lead to other disorders such as depression as well as substance use disorder. Often, someone with an anxiety disorder that goes untreated turns to drugs or alcohol to manage their symptoms. Subsequently, an addiction develops.

When the individual finally seeks help, these co-occurring disorders must be treated in order for the person to make a full recovery.

Yes. Many rehab centers specialize in treating mental health conditions and can help you recover from anxiety disorder.

For the best chance of recovery, the anxiety treatment center you choose should offer individualized treatment plans with multidisciplinary interventions that treat the whole person.

Most major health insurance companies cover treatment for mental illness as well as co-occurring substance use disorder. During your admissions assessment our team will confirm your coverage with your insurance carrier.

We work with most major insurers so that our reach can be expanded to more people in our communities.

During your admissions assessment, our specialists will ask you a series of questions to determine whether or not our programs are a fit for you and determine your needed level of care. We will also confirm your health insurance coverage and benefits. If substance abuse is involved, detox may be recommended prior to entering treatment.

We will then create an individualized treatment plan suited to your specific needs.

Your level of care as you enter into treatment is determined by the level of support that you need and whether or not you have undergone treatment previously. Your treatment team will place you in a level of care that is best suited to your specific situation. You will advance through different levels of care at a pace that is most conducive to your recovery.

If there is an immediate medical emergency, call 911. If you are concerned about suicide or self-harm, call or text 988 in the U.S. for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.