Expectation from a counselor for anxiety

I think the safest answer to this is to talk this through with the counsellor and see what they feel their role is and what it can/can't be. If they don't feel like they can help you in developing coping strategies they may refer you to another person/service that can either as an addition or a replacement for the counselling. Most mental health services I have been in contact with are fairly flexible with things and are concerned primarily with giving you whatever help you feel you need, and it's always okay to say that you don't think something is beneficial to you. In counselling it's always best to just be open and ask any questions or address any concerns as soon as possible, so I would just try and speak to your counsellor about this next time you see them.

First/ you need to find a social outlet so that you can be sure your immediate feeling of "better" is not just because of the social interaction you are experiencing. Second/ you can reduce therapy by months even years by the following..SERIOUSLY: -- STAGE ONE: "HEALING SERIES" GAINING CONTROL, CONQUERING FEAR-- MASTER TECHNIQUES! http://youtu.be/x3e_7IRs6Z4STAGE TWO: "HEALING SERIES" CONQUERING SORROW, HURT & REGRET -- MASTER TECHNIQUES! http://youtu.be/d1NNRCX-p_0STAGE THREE: "HEALING SERIES" CONQUERING ANGER-- -- MASTER TECHNIQUES! http://youtu.be/xN5zrqWg7cs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN5zrqWg7cs&feature=youtu.be ---Third/ If your anxiety is keeping you from being able to be around others, be yourself, go out in public comfortably, etc... then you may need anti-anxiety medication for a while as well (this will have to be through your doctor & not a counselor obviously)...but there are ways such as the info above and MORE that can help you keep your dosage as low as possible should you happen to need it: Thus A Reality to consider & of importance: the food and the water you drink...pesticides and fluoride cause serious problems...including anxiety, confusion, & more. The National Center for Disease published its findings that fluoride causes fluorosis of the teeth and over time fluorosis of the skeletal bones...chipping, easy breakage... but that it also causes calcium deposits on the pineal gland, and your pineal gland regulates melatonin for sleep and both natural DMT and Serotonin needed to feel happy. So if you can not get really clean water or organic food (which most of us in the USA can not)...then here are things you can buy at a store such as wal-mart that will help you... Melatonin, Vitamin-C at least 3-thousand mgs per dosage, also GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) which naturally relieves stress and anxiety, of which the only inexpensive bulk amount I've personally found to get from vitacost.com ---Blessings To You ~Suzanna.

Here is the info that can reduce therapy dramatically, but not so jumbled as it came out above: ---STAGE ONE: "HEALING SERIES" GAINING CONTROL, CONQUERING FEAR-- MASTER TECHNIQUES! http://youtu.be/x3e_7IRs6Z4-----STAGE TWO: "HEALING SERIES" CONQUERING SORROW, HURT & REGRET -- MASTER TECHNIQUES! http://youtu.be/d1NNRCX-p_0-----STAGE THREE: "HEALING SERIES" CONQUERING ANGER-- -- MASTER TECHNIQUES! http://youtu.be/xN5zrqWg7cs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN5zrqWg7cs&feature=youtu.be