Anxiety is the most commonly diagnosed mental health condition in the United States, and rates have risen dramatically in recent years. As a result, clinicians across settings are treating anxiety every day — often with limited clarity about why certain interventions work for some clients but not others.
Despite decades of research and a wide range of evidence-based approaches, many clients continue to struggle. This is often because anxiety is treated as a one-size-fits-all problem, when in reality, it is driven by three distinct underlying root causes, each with its own motivations, defenses, and treatment needs.
Anxiety Unpacked™ is a comprehensive, integrative model developed through decades of clinical experience and extensive exploration of existing anxiety treatments. It offers clinicians a clear way to conceptualize anxiety at its source — not just its symptoms — and provides targeted strategies for treating each anxiety type effectively.
In this training, participants will learn how anxiety is driven by three core root causes, how each manifests differently in clients, and how each employs a unique internal “objection” that resists change and preserves anxiety. Understanding these patterns allows clinicians to intervene more precisely, reduce treatment stagnation, and help clients make meaningful, lasting progress.
Session Highlights
- Learn a clear, evidence-based, clinically actionable framework for conceptualizing anxiety based on three distinct root causes.
- Accurately differentiate catastrophizing, control-based anxiety, and anxiety maintained by distorted core beliefs through clinical indicators and client presentation.
- Recognize the key objection utilized by each anxiety type to preserve anxiety.
- Go beyond symptom management with targeted, evidence-based interventions matched to each anxiety type.
- Increase confidence and effectiveness when working with anxious clients.
- Includes practical strategies clinicians can apply immediately in session.
Marketing
Noelle McWard, LCSW