In psychotherapy, there are several methods of treating the patience with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Among those methods are:
Psychological counseling :
• For the counseling session, the counselors will advise the patient to learn from the basic method of treating generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) which is learning how to keep calm quickly. This is because most of the people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) does not know how to keep themselves calm and soothe themselves. Though the guidance of the counselor, the patient will get to learn the technique of keeping themselves calm which is actually …show more content…
It is the most effective forms of psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) because it focus on teaching the patience specific skills to gradually return to their daily activities that they avoided previously just because of anxiety. Through this process, it improves the patient as they success in their initial trial. (Mayo Clinic)
Practice relaxation techniques :
• Another methods of treating those generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is by practicing relaxation techniques. Why relaxation methods help is because it prevent our human body to go into a “fight or flight” reaction where it will comprehend threat. Upon that, the person’s heartbeat will be faster, muscles will be tensed up and dizzy. So, by practicing relaxation techniques, the situation of those mentioned above ( faster heartbeat, tensed muscle, light-headed ) will reduce. (HELPGUIDE.ORG)
Whereas the medication methods include:
Giving antidepressants :
• As for the antidepressants, it includes medication in the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) classes which are generally the first-line medication treatments. Doctors usually use antidepressants to treat anxiety disorders in general. (Mayo