What kind of therapy helps with anxiety?

There's no single right answer, but some approaches come up more than others. Here's what they actually involve, in plain language.

• Emotionally Focused Therapy

  For couples, mostly. Focuses on the cycle two people get stuck in rather than who is right.

• Family Systems Therapy

  Looks at the whole family as the thing to work with, not one person who needs fixing.

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  Practical and structured. You work on noticing thought patterns and trying things between sessions.

• Somatic Therapy

  Starts with what stress is doing in your body — tension, sleep, appetite — rather than only what you think about it.