In 2024, 12.1% of adults in the United States struggled with feelings of anxiety. For some people, these feelings are a temporary reaction to stressful events. However, for others, anxiety is a debilitating condition that affects the way they eat, sleep, exercise, work and interact with others. When you seek anxiety treatment in Deerfield Beach, FHE Health has the tools to help you stop ruminating, challenge your thought patterns and learn how to relax again.
Types of Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental health conditions with one thing in common: excessive, persistent fear or distress that interferes with daily life. The main types of anxiety disorders are:
- Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Multiple ongoing, overwhelming worries about everyday activities or life events that feel too difficult to control
- Panic disorder. Sudden attacks of intense physical and psychological symptoms, often accompanied by fears of dying, losing control or experiencing more attacks
- Agoraphobia. Extreme fear and avoidance of places or situations where it might be difficult to escape or get help if something goes wrong
- Social anxiety disorder. Debilitating self-consciousness in social settings, driven by fears of being embarrassed, judged or rejected by others
- Specific phobias. Powerful, irrational fears of generally harmless objects or situations, resulting in avoidance and significant emotional or physical distress
Anxiety disorders share common symptoms with other related conditions, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
How FHE Health Treats Anxiety
Anxiety disorder is the most common mental health condition in the United States and worldwide. Without treatment, anxiety disorders increase a person’s risk of developing depression and substance use disorders and raise the likelihood of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. At FHE Health, we offer a variety of individualized therapies and treatments for anxiety.
Counseling and Medication
While you can’t talk yourself out of an anxiety disorder, you may benefit from psychiatric counseling at FHE Health to learn how to manage daily symptoms. Learning healthy coping mechanisms, such as stepping back and reframing your thoughts, can help you minimize symptom occurrence, intensity and frequency.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most effective forms of psychotherapy used in anxiety disorder treatment. With the help of an FHE therapist, you can develop skills to improve anxiety symptoms, avoid triggers and manage anxiety-provoking situations.
Your FHE anxiety program might also include exposure therapy. This involves confronting your fears through repeated exposure attempts. Our compassionate therapists help you safely and gradually face fears in a controlled environment. As you become more comfortable, you can better cope with previously distressing situations.
Holistic and Complementary Therapies at FHE
“I’ve had a lifelong struggle with anxiety and bouts of depression. I highly recommend them if you are facing mental health struggles. There are a lot of people here for a bunch of different issues, but I found myself in groups with people I could identify with.” – Denise S.
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Anxiety causes the mind to race, replaying endless sequences of troubling thoughts. Meditation helps calm the mind, reducing the obsessive cycle of negative thinking. In fact, a 2025 study concluded mindfulness programs were effective at reducing stress, anxiety and depression while also improving sleep quality and life satisfaction.
Breathwork therapy can help reduce the hyperventilation that often occurs with severe anxiety, panic attacks or panic disorder. Learning to modulate breathing with deep breathing exercises also helps calm the body and mind. The exercises are easy to do and don’t require a lot of time.
Practicing yoga may help reduce anxiety by modulating the body’s stress response systems. Scientific evidence shows the practice offers a multitude of benefits to improve mental and physical health.
Acupuncture, an ancient practice involving the insertion of fine needles into body pressure points, has shown some promise in improving Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) symptoms. This benefit has been observed even in individuals whose anxiety previously failed to respond to medication and psychotherapy. Acupuncture is a safe, natural option that may be incorporated into your anxiety treatment plan at our Florida rehab center.
