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School can be anxiety provoking for teenagers as it is, but when test anxiety develops, it can be overwhelming. Often the teen has studied, knows the content for the test, but then wants to do such a good job that they get overwhelmed and don't perform as well as they should have. Often, we are trying to differentiate between a learning disability and test anxiety to see if this is due to difficulties with abilities, or whether its anxiety. Often, kids, teens, and adults with test anxiety are able to do well with their work, but in a testing situation, their performance drops. Sometimes perfectionism stresses the person out so much they don't even do the work, or take so long doing the work that they are miserable. Many with test anxiety start to feel anxious, think, "oh no, this is really bad, I'm not going to do well", and their anxiety spirals, and affects the way they perform on tests.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is very effective in treating test anxiety. The person learns how to manage their physiological reactions, refocus their attention, and use cognitive techniques to build their confidence and decrease the pressure. We teach teens and their parents the techniques to help them overcome test anxiety, and be able to perform to their potential.
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BAY AREA CENTER FOR ANXIETY
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