West Michigan
Working with an anxiety specialist
can make a big difference
Hi, I'm Dr. Shawn Nabors. I am a licensed therapist and an experienced chronic anxiety specialist.
Chronic anxiety typically stems from an over-focus on symptom management and an under-focus on skill development.
I help clients move beyond symptom management and empower them to skillfully and confidently respond to chronic anxiety issues through advanced CBT treatment delivered via telehealth.
About
Dr. Shawn Nabors
Dr. Shawn Nabors, Ph.D., is a licensed therapist and chronic anxiety specialist with over ten years of clinical experience treating chronic anxiety conditions. Dr. Nabors emphasis on skill development for anxiety over symptom management has helped numerous clients improve their quality of life without depending on medication or other symptom management aids.
Advanced CBT Treatment for
Chronic Anxiety Issues
Clients work 1 on 1 with anxiety specialist Dr. Nabors in a 6-12 session advanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy treatment program via telehealth.
This program is for adults and teens who are currently experiencing chronic anxiety issues that have been present for one or more years.
Chronic Anxiety Conditions
Treated by Dr. Nabors
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Related Disorders
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Panic Disorder
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Social Anxiety Disorder
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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Specific Phobias
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Agoraphobia
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Avoidant Personality Disorder
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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Health Anxiety
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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling)
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Excoriation (Skin Picking)
Anxiety Issues
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General Anxiety Issues
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Chronic Anxiety Issues
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Treatment-Resistant Anxiety
What it's like working with an anxiety specialist
Chronic Anxiety
Needs a specialized approach
Chronic anxiety is relatively common. Some research indicates that 33% of people with anxiety are chronic anxiety patients. People with chronic anxiety typically take twice as long (5-10 years) to find effective help than someone with chronic depression (3-5 years). The persistence of chronic anxiety typically happens from an over-focus on symptom management and an under-focus on skill development for distressing anxiety symptoms.
Advanced CBT
Treatment for chronic anxiety
Advanced CBT treatment for chronic anxiety emphasizes treating causes not symptoms. Dr. Nabors delivers structured CBT anxiety treatment that focuses on restoring functioning through acquired skill development. Clients are empowered to skillfully and confidently respond to distressing levels of anxiety rather than chronically focusing on anxiety symptom management.
More About Advanced
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based treatment for mental health conditions. However, it is not always delivered in an empirical way. Advanced CBT is a higher-quality of CBT that takes a structured scientific approach to its delivery.
A Scientific Approach
To Addressing Unmanaged Anxiety
Cognitive Component for Thoughts
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Create comprehensive cognitive profiles of thinking patterns when anxious.
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Identify triggering/problematic belief systems.
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Implement effective mental techniques that offset triggering/problematic belief systems
Cognitive Component for Emotions
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Create comprehensive emotional profiles of sensations/feelings when anxious.
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Identify most triggering/problematic sensations/feelings experienced when anxious.
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Implement effective mental techniques that allow one to be more flexible to most triggering sensations/feelings when anxious.
Behavioral Component
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Create comprehensive lists of behaviors that reinforce triggering/problematic belief systems and sensations.
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Modify triggering problematic behaviors when anxious.
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Reinforce through strategic exposure new behaviors that help limit distressing cognitive & emotional experiences when anxious.