Coaching practices for How to Deal with Separation Anxiety in Adults
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- Even once the worst of it passes, I can’t get back into the room
- I keep asking the people around me "are you sure it’s fine?" over and over
- I’ve got all these little rules that keep me okay
- I can only do certain things if a particular person comes with me
- I can only handle the scary situation if I’ve got my little crutch
Practices that may help
- Engage with the present moment
Once the edge comes off, redirect attention fully into an activity or your surroundings.
The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical - Fade reassurance-seeking
Gradually reduce how often you seek reassurance from others that the feared thing won't happen.
Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical - Drop the safety behaviors
Let go of the small avoidances and crutches you use to feel "safe" from anxiety.
The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical - Fade reliance on a support person
Gradually enter feared situations with decreasing support from a person who has been a source of safety.
Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical - Gradually drop safety behaviors
Safety behaviors (a phone, a companion, a pill) reduce distress in the moment but prevent the learning that exposure is meant to produce.
The Fear Ladder: Graded Exposure Made Practical - Notice and soften avoidant deactivation
For avoidant patterns, catch the urge to withdraw and stay engaged a little longer.
Attachment Theory, Made Usable - Combine worry exposure with relaxation skill
After the exposure period, apply a relaxation practice to close each session with a deactivation phase.
Worry Exposure, Made Practical - Stay in the situation until anxiety drops
Remain in the feared situation long enough for distress to fall — leaving early teaches the wrong lesson.
The Fear Ladder: Graded Exposure Made Practical - Prolonged exposure: stay until distress drops
Enter the feared situation and stay until anxiety peaks and then noticeably decreases on its own.
Exposure Therapy: Facing Fears to Shrink Them - Apply relaxation in increasingly difficult situations
Practice the rapid response in progressively more anxiety-provoking real-world contexts.
Applied Relaxation, Made Practical
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Gradually reduce how often you seek reassurance from others that the feared thing won't happen.
Fade reassurance-seeking
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Let go of the small avoidances and crutches you use to feel "safe" from anxiety.
Drop the safety behaviors
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