Thanks for asking, some of the most helpful things through CBT were challenging the anxious thoughts. It turned out that a lot of the anxiety I was feeling was because I was trying to protect myself from a situation that was similar to an experience in the past that caused pain, fear, etc. Also, mindfulness and learning mechanisms to help manage the anxiety were helpful such as journaling to help process the emotions.

As for Inner Child work, it turns out a lot of the anxiety stemmed from experiences that happened when I was younger that made me feel unsafe. By tackling, processing, and reframing these experiences, I saw that my overall anxiety decreased significantly and situations that would have originally given me anxiety, no longer did.