Anxiety therapist in Chișinău

Not necessarily. For mild to moderate cases, CBT alone is often enough. For severe forms or where depression is comorbid, SSRIs (escitalopram, sertraline) can help. That decision belongs to a psychiatrist, never to a psychologist. Many people with anxiety do therapy only, with excellent results.

Anxiety is a more or less continuous state — worry, tension, rumination. Panic attacks are short episodes (5-15 minutes) of intense fear with strong physical symptoms: racing heart, breathlessness, a sense of impending death. Both can occur together, but they respond to slightly different therapeutic approaches.

Look for an explicit specialisation in anxiety (not "all problems"), training in CBT, and a verifiable licence with the College of Psychologists. In the first session, ask about their experience with cases like yours and the approach they propose. If they are vague on both, try someone else.

For mild to moderate anxiety, standard CBT runs 12-16 sessions (3-4 months at weekly frequency). For panic attacks, 8-12 sessions are often enough. For chronic generalised anxiety the active phase is similar, but monthly booster sessions are needed afterwards.

60% of treated patients reach remission or significant improvement, per the Hofmann et al. (2012) meta-analysis. "Permanently cured" is too absolute a term — anxiety can return during periods of major stress. But a treated patient knows the self-management strategies that stop it becoming chronic.