Nowadays, the most widely used technique is cognitive-behavioral therapy or CBT . This is a combination of two kinds of therapy: cognitive and behavioral.  In behavioral therapy, people learn how to change behavior. You may have already heard of the most common behavioral techniques used in the treatment of anxiety disorders: desensitization, relaxation and breathing exercises.

Cognitive therapy focuses on thoughts, assumptions and beliefs.  With cognitive therapy, people may learn to recognize and change faulty or maladaptive thinking patterns. Cognitive therapy is not about "positive thinking" in the sense that you must always think happy thoughts. It is a way to gain control over racing, repetitive thoughts which often feed or trigger anxiety. The two therapies often are used together because they are beneficial to each other.
 
In combination with these techniques, therapists also use Insight Therapy. It is a therapeutic approach based on the assumption that a person’s behaviors, thoughts, and emotions become disordered because the individual does not understand what motivates him, especially when a conflict develops between his needs and his drives. A greater awareness of motivation will result in an increase in control and an improvement in thought, emotion, and behavior. The goal is to help an individual discover the reasons and motivation for his behavior, feelings, and thinking.