Treating anxiety problems in Madrid

Anxiety and fear are emotions that we all experience from time to time.. These are reactions that in their proper measure and depending on the situation in which they are triggered, help us to adapt more efficiently to the environment. The problem is that on many occasions the intensity, frequency and duration of these emotions affects one or more areas of our life.

Usually people with anxiety problems suffer a lot and feel desperate. What they usually don't know is that psychological treatment for these problems is tremendously effective in a relatively short time and relapses are minimal.

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Why do anxiety and fear become a problem?

The main cause of the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders is the difficulty of the person suffering from them to regulate these types of emotions. In general, the person does not have the cognitive, emotional and behavioral tools to cope with the unpleasant experience of feeling these dysfunctional states.

The problem is that, far from spontaneously remitting, these disorders tend to get worse and worse over time if the right remedy is not applied, since anxiety and fear responses tend to generalize to more and more areas and more situations, which in the end supposes a significant deterioration of the life of the person who suffers them.

What is the treatment of choice for anxiety disorders?

Well established and proven treatments for panic disorder with and without agoraphobia, simple phobias, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and post traumatic stress disorder are cognitive-behavioral in nature, and have an efficacy rate of between 69% and 85% 6 months after completing treatment (Ellard et al. 2010).

The problem is that most people who suffer from these types of problems only, in the best of cases, access the primary care treatment (GP) (Kovess-Masfety et al., 2007) in which they are treated with SSRI antidepressants or anxiolytics. The efficacy rate of this type of intervention is only 27.4% according to data from the recent PsicAP study.

Namely, psychological treatment is three times more effective than typical drug treatment prescribed from primary care.

Work in psychotherapy

How do we work from the psychological cabinet in Madrid In Mental Equilibrium with people who suffer from problems related to anxiety?

In our case, we are specialized in managing emotions and in mood and anxiety problems. We work to evaluate and detect the variables that are involved in the initiation and maintenance of the problem. In this way we can have a personalized and global vision of the case that allows us to intervene in a much more precise way.

To do this, we use the procedures that have proven to be most effective when evaluating people who suffer from these types of problems.

Once the evaluation is done, we proceed to the formulation and return of information to the patient. At this stage, we develop a hypothesis for the initiation and maintenance of the problem and share it with our client.

We use scientifically proven current models that better explain the case for this. be able to design a treatment plan adapted to the specific needs of each person who requests our help.

The intervention in the patient

Once the therapy goals have been established, we move on to the treatment stage, in which we train the client in the techniques necessary to modify the problematic variables that we have detected in the evaluation.

Our priority is always the improvement of the client, which moves us to use the procedures that have been proven to work in thousands of people around the world. Our professionals are in constant training, which keeps us up to date with the latest research and, in short, obtain very satisfactory results with the people who come to our cabinet.

Also, what makes us different is that we focus psychological intervention on altered emotional processes, instead of focusing on the symptom.

This revolutionary way of dealing with cases of anxiety helps us to obtain better results and have a very high efficacy rate for anxiety problems.

In addition, in this way we stone the client in such a way that it increases the level of self-knowledge of him and has a much more objective vision of how his emotional reactions which allows you to use the techniques in which we are training to improve not only your anxiety symptoms but all areas of your lifetime.

How long does a therapy for anxiety problems last?

The interventions that we propose are of a brief nature, although it all depends on many variables. Usually the most motivated clients tend to achieve better results in less time, but factors such as the duration of the problem, the existence of other emotional disorders or involvement in therapy are crucial in predicting both duration and success therapeutic.

Normally, if there are not too many complications, the average is 10-12 sessions with a weekly periodicity at beginning, until the case has been properly evaluated and the person trained in the techniques necessary for the management emotional. Later, when improvement begins, sessions are usually spaced to biweekly or monthly periods.

In our cabinet we actively combat the old myth that you have to go to the psychologist for years, since we usually achieve a significant improvement in much less time.

How can I make an appointment in your cabinet?

We only attend by appointment, as we need to thoroughly prepare each case in order to provide the best service. Therefore, to book an appointment at our center, you only have to call us or leave us your contact information on the web so that we can get in touch with you.

You can find all the information about our services clicking here.

Bibliographic references:

• Ellard, K. K., Fairholme, C. P., Boisseau, C. L., Farchione, T. J., & Barlow, D. H. (2010). Unified protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders: Protocol development and initial outcome data. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 17 (1), 88-101.
• Kovess-Masfety, V., Alonso, J., Brugha, T. S., Angermeyer, M. C., Haro, J. M., & Sevilla-Dedieu, C. (2007). Differences in lifetime use of services for mental health problems in six European countries. Psychiatric Services, 58 (2), 213-220.