Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Bon Accord, AB.

[I OFFER VIDEO SESSIONS THROUGHOUT ALBERTA AND ONTARIO]. Anxiety and stress are two conditions that have treatments that work. Cognitive behaviour therapy, desensitization therapy, and hypnotherapy (all of which I practice) are often tremendously helpful. I have been a psychologist since 1986, and I can help. Set up a time to see me by visiting https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=14249112

My approach to working with anxiety and stress is body focused. Most people can "feel" anxiety and stress in their bodies thus I use the body's stress cues to teach us what the limits are. I would focus on listening and learning the body's cues and then teaching clients' how to physically "bring yourself down" from the elevated state of arousal that anxiety and stress cause.

Every one of us experiences some amount of stress or anxiety in our lives. However, when anxiety negatively affects your life such as avoiding situations, difficulties sleeping, constant worrying or repeditive thinking, additional help is often required. Worrying and being fearful can prevent you from having a peaceful life while impacting your physical health. Counselling can help to reduce stress and anxiety by resolving issues and learning how to be your true self.

Anxiety falls along a continuum from acceptable to crippling, debilitating anxiety requiring professional intervention. The major forms that anxiety takes are: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Panic Disorder, Phobic Disorders, Social Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD). A variety of proven therapeutic interventions are well established now, eg., Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Yoga, Tai Chi, Breathwork. By diving into therapy clients regain a sense of optimism, courage and confidence in relationships, workplace and career, driving, aging, life transitions and more.

Anxiety and stress can be ongoing issues that are challenging to manage. Learning how to identify thoughts and emotions and effectively address them can lead to decreased levels of anxiety and stress. Then, learning how to actively move toward higher levels of relaxation can increase overall functioning and capacity to manage stress levels! We call this emotional fitness and clients report that they did not realize how much it mattered for feeling better.

These days it can feel like anxiety and stress are inescapable. Money, work, family, watching the news can all cause anxiety and stress. It may feel like you will never work past your feelings. However, anxiety and stress can be managed. If you feel like anxiety and stress are having a negative impact on your life contact me. We can make a plan that will help you learn to manage your anxiety and stress and get back to feeling in control of your life.

Anxiety and stress can be adaptive in small doses- it can help give us the motivation to study harder for a test, or practice before an important presentation. In large doses, however, anxiety can be paralyzing. It can cause us to miss work, have panic attacks, or feel irritable or moody. This is when treatment becomes necessary. We use evidence-based therapy to help you achieve results. We will help you identify your own triggers, and teach you skills and tools that you can use to help you manage your anxiety.

It is important to identify when the challenges we are facing are beyond the normal threshold of storm and stress. After we did that, in order to preserve our mental and physical health, it is important to make a decision to reach out and find a caring professional support. A person who will give as a safe environment, and work with us on overcoming the challenges we face.

In this increasingly high pressure world anxiety and stress has become the norm for so many. The ability to destress and cope with anxiety is a skill that everyone should have. I teach mindfulness and other evidence based techniques to relieve and mange anxiety and stress. I have run seminars and courses for organizations and businesses specifically for their employees.

Anxiety and stress are a part of our lives. Therapy can be beneficial to help manage those feelings especially if you feel that they are impacting your daily life. Anxiety and stress can affect your thoughts and behaviours. If anxiety or stress is affecting your sleep, relationships, work, social life, eating habits, performance, or joy; talking to someone can be helpful.

Anxiety can feel debilitating when feelings of fear, worry, or nervousness develop into a day to day excessive, irrational dread and impacts a person’s daily functioning. As a registered psychologist I draw on various approaches to help individuals develop the skills to feel more in control of anxiety and stress. I assist individuals in understanding how anxiety or panic attacks develop and how to manage better by assessing needs, limits, and triggers for anxiety and stress. www.stalbertcounselling.com

I have experience helping individuals overcome challenges related to managing multiple life stressors (i.e., parenting and relationship issues; difficulties finding work/life balance; caring for aging parents; etc.). Based on the unique needs of the individual, I incorporate evidence-based therapy techniques into sessions such as cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

Anxiety and stress are experienced by most psychotherapy clients who come here. People usually find my approach helpful whether or not they identify anxiety/stress as a primary condition for treatment. I always aim to adjust my treatment approach to the individual characteristics and needs of my client. Sometimes situations and systems can be addressed and improved; sometimes all that a person can change is their own attitude. I am able to use verbal, visusalization, and altered state strategies for helping people grow past fear.

Anxiety and stress in healthy doses and can have advantages, but it can easily turn into a debilitating feeling. Some may experience serve physical symptoms as a result chronic unmanaged stress. I have successfully worked with people from a variety of backgrounds to treat a variety of anxiety and stress-based issues and look forward to working with you. Visit my website at www.prairieowlpsychology.ca from more details.

Anxiety is, simply, put, unrelenting worry that continues after the thing or circumstance you are worrying about is removed or it is the exaggerated worry about something. In anxiety, the sheer size of the worry in relation to the concern, the realistic vs. non-realistic nature of the concern, and the frequency or level of control related to concern matter. OCD relates to obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours. Social Anxiety is an intrusive, disruptive fear of people or certain social situations. Often, we see fears of judgement, body image, looking awkward or stupid, as being thematic in social anxiety thoughts. Just to name a few example of how anxiety can present itself.

Anxiety Counselling by our experienced Therapists will help you • Find the true reason for your fears • See difficult situations in a more positive way • Developing skills to calm yourself in tough situation whenever you want • Become more confident in yourself and socialize with others • Understand your emotions and accept the reality of your situation • Learn skills that can help you to control your emotion and thoughts from affecting you in bad way • Engage in self care activities such as exercise, meditation, eating healthy, spirituality to reduce the effect of stress

Everyone feels anxiety at some point in their lives but when it starts to interfere with your life, counseling can help. Although anxiety can feel debilitating, it is treatable. People with anxiety don’t always share the same symptoms, they vary from person to person. Therapy will help you to reclaim your life and function in a chronically stressful world.

Anxiety and stress are experienced as very distressing and can become debilitating. They are often signs that we need to make some changes in our lives and find more balance. Fortunately there are many ways to combat anxiety and stress. Everyone is unique and counselling is modified to meet the individuals needs of each person. Starting to identify alternative ways of approaching stresses enables you to make changes that relieve anxiety so you can become more focused and peaceful.

Anxiety and stress can negatively impact client's ability to deal with daily challenges and stressors. Anxiety is excess activation in the nervous system so helping clients to release the activation in turn reduces their anxiety and then they can experience a sense of calm and feeling settled. Toxic stress affects the way we think and perceive reality so addressing the anxiety allows us to retrain the brain to manage the stress and perceived threat which reduces fear, worry, and panic.

Feeling anxious and experiencing stress are normal and healthy human experiences. However, both anxiety and stress can get out of control in our lives and can cause incredible challenges that lead to feeling overwhelmed and out of control. You may be experiencing the negative impact of overwhelming stress and anxiety in your life right now, and you may even feel like life is slipping out of your control. You and I will work together to restore control, to reduce the unhelpful influence of stress and anxiety, and to help you to return to living a life that reflects who you want to be.

Our world is busy and most of us have a lot of pressures and expectations on us. There are a number of important strategies to deal with life’s stressors. How we approach stress makes a big difference! Anxiety is when we feel a lot of fear and worry and experience life events as more threatening than they actually are. In addition to strategies for anxiety it’s is helpful to unravel the thoughts and beliefs systems that cultivate it.

We live in a fast passed society with a lot of time lines and pressures. Many people are unaware of how their approach to these stressors can increase the sensations of anxiety. Fortunately, there are many ways of decreasing anxiety. Identifying ways of thinking and behaving that increase anxiety introduces the possibility of change. It is life changing to discover that the fearful thoughts and beliefs that have been leading you to anxiety, can be uncovered and transformed into more helpful beliefs that enable you to feel happier and improve relationships.

Anxiety and stress are common and normal experiences, but they can be debilitating if not managed. Targeting clients' relationship to their own anxiety and stress is critical to moving beyond coping and toward lasting improvement. I use multiple therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Family Systems therapy.

Anxiety can be an adaptive, it helps to prepare us to perform at our best and allows us to respond quickly in new environments and experiences. However, when our anxiety becomes overwhelming it can interfere with our day to day functioning significantly. This is when we usually need some support to gain control of our anxiety and be able to manage it. I will be able to provide you with tools to use in your daily life to manage stress and anxiety. It is also important to understand and address the underlying causes of the anxiety and in order to reduce it's overall impact on your life, and give you more control of it in your future.

Stress and anxiety are often a part of our daily lives in modern culture. Managed effectively, feelings of stress and anxiety can be helpful forces that prompt us to learn new skills and stretch our comfort zone. When stress and anxiety are not well managed, however, these feelings can interfere with our ability to function and enjoy daily life. At The Counselling Space, our therapists rely of a variety of counselling approaches to support our clients to clarify the sources of these uncomfortable emotions, recognize the difference between "what I can control" and "what I can't control" as well as learn new tools and strategies to express and cope with their emotions.