MIDPOINT COUNSELING ARTICLES

Targeting Issues of Anxiety.

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Learn how specific phobias develop, how they differ from normal fear, and how therapy can help you overcome avoidance and regain confidence.

Anxiety, Fear, Mental Health Conditions, Phobias

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Understand the symptoms, causes, and treatment of panic disorder—and learn how therapy can help you regain control, reduce fear, and build resilience.

Anxiety, Fear, Mental Health Conditions, Panic Disorder

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Learn what obsessive-compulsive disorder is, how it develops, and how evidence-based treatments like ERP can help you break free from intrusive thoughts and rituals.

Anxiety, Fear, Mental Health Conditions, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Worry

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Anxiety spirals often persist because of the very strategies we use to escape them. This article explains how avoidance maintains anxiety and offers a counterintuitive approach to break the cycle through tolerance, exposure, and new learning.

Anxiety, Fear

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Anxiety isn’t just in your head, it’s in your brain’s wiring. This article breaks down the fast and slow fear pathways, exploring how the amygdala, HPA axis, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex shape your experience of fear ...

Anxiety, Fear