What are the treatments available for Agoraphobia?
There is a silver lining in the cloud! Agoraphobia has one of the highest treatment success rates of any mental illness. And not all treatment solutions require medications. Again, everyone’s best treatment will be different. There are several “standard” talk therapies that are effective with Agoraphobia. Most of them use some variation of what is called controlled exposure, desensitization, or gradual exposure therapy. Controlled exposure gradually puts the person into the situation that might precipitate a Panic Attack, desensitizing them to it. Behavioral Therapy seeks to modify and gain control over unwanted behavior through controlled exposure. Cognitive Therapy’s goal is to gain control of unproductive, intrusive thought patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) combines both behavioral therapy and cognitive therapy. All of these therapies involve a considerable amount of outside work for the patient, as well as work in the therapy session. There are many non-traditional metho
