This was a shame, because she seemed to be helping my family and me through some of our issues. I am now being seen bi-weekly by a psychologist who makes it seem like I'm talking with my best friend. How much help he is giving me, I don't know. I am a very impatient person and want instant gratification on a lot of issues. Life has to be better than this.
Panic disorder is quite responsive to specific treatment procedures.
Most patients notice significant improvement in three or four weeks and are symptom free, or close to it, in 8 to 12 sessions. Physical conditions such as uncontrolled asthma, mitral valve prolapse or hypoglycemia will also lengthen treatment somewhat but usually not interfere with full recovery. Generalized anxiety tends to be a little trickier, may take longer, has an optimistic but less consistently positive outcome than panic disorder and responds to a wider range of interventions. If your current therapist is not successfully addressing your issues, you should know that good clinicians will support a collaborative second opinion. Mere talk just can't cure some problems.