Increase Anxiety Awareness and Symptom Understanding

• Client wants to better understand their anxiety and recognize what contributes to increased symptoms.
• Increase awareness of anxiety triggers, thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, and behavioral responses.
• Patient wants to better understand why they experience anxiety in certain situations.
• Improve the client’s ability to recognize patterns that contribute to and maintain anxiety.

Improve Emotional Regulation and Anxiety Management

• Client wants to develop healthier ways to manage anxiety when feeling overwhelmed.
• Increase the use of adaptive coping strategies to manage anxious thoughts, emotions, and physiological symptoms.
• Patient wants to feel more capable of calming themselves when experiencing heightened anxiety.
• Improve the client’s ability to regulate emotional and physiological responses associated with anxiety.

Reduce Avoidance and Increase Tolerance of Anxiety

• Client wants to stop avoiding situations because of anxiety and fear.
• Reduce reliance on avoidance, reassurance-seeking, and other behaviors that maintain anxiety.
• Patient wants to become more comfortable experiencing anxiety without immediately trying to escape or eliminate it.
• Increase tolerance for uncertainty, discomfort, and anxiety-provoking experiences.

Improve Cognitive Flexibility and Reduce Anxiety-Driven Thinking

• Client wants to reduce excessive worry and develop more balanced ways of thinking.
• Decrease the impact of catastrophic, fearful, or anxiety-driven thought patterns on daily functioning.
• Patient wants to learn how to respond differently to anxious thoughts rather than automatically believing them.
• Improve the client’s ability to evaluate anxious thoughts and develop more flexible perspectives.

Increase Confidence and Healthy Engagement in Daily Life

• Client wants to feel more confident managing anxiety in everyday situations.
• Increase participation in meaningful activities, responsibilities, and relationships that have been limited by anxiety.
• Patient wants to feel less controlled by anxiety and more capable of functioning despite discomfort.
• Improve self-efficacy and confidence in the client’s ability to manage anxiety across different situations.