Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Redwater, AB.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

Do you experience a tightness in your chest, a pain in your stomach, or tension in your body. Nervousness, worry, fear, hopelessness, guilt, emptiness, and sadness are some of the most common and uncomfortable emotions that coincide with anxiety and depression. Through treatment, I can offer you hope, a new perspective, regain motivation, and increase joy and pleasure that you may be missing.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Anxiety and stress impact numerous individuals. In coping with anxiety and stress, I aim to develop psychological flexibility and acceptance of all emotions. As we work together in counselling, we will find ways to identify anxiety and stress and strategies to process and alleviate worries and stressors. Altogether, I aim to develop an active process of examining anxiety and stress that clients can continue after sessions or post-counselling.

[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

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 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.

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.

Are you living your life constantly feeling on-edge? Are you a worrier who can't seem to turn it off? Does anxiety or stress keep you from being fully present for your family? As an anxiety and stress specialist, I know rough this can be. But there is hope. Together, we can deploy powerful techniques to get you feeling calm, relaxed, and emotionally thriving, so you can effectively deal with life challenges. Imagine: going about your day feeling excited rather than worried, confident rather than stressed, and focused rather than scattered. If you’re ready to stop worrying and start living, reach out.

Most people do not like feeling anxious or stressed. People are not saying I am glad to be stressed or anxious. What do we do when this happens. We need to process it and for most people counselling is a place for processing. Along with processing stress and anxiety comes a deeper longing to to be heard and validated and to sometimes be given new skills or strategies. What ever you need whether an ear to listen, heart to understand or ideas for coping with it I can provide it in comfortable environment.

Anxiety often has people identifying strongly with it. If you have a problem with anxiety, you are certainly not alone! Everyone affected by Anxiety has a unique relationship with it. Narrative therapy investigates how Anxiety keeps you away from the pleasures of life and explores new opportunities to gain control over your life. Narrative Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that does not treat people as disorders but as sources of knowledge and holders of their unique life experiences. We will email back and forth, it's just like talking to a friend only you will receive professional help on your own schedule. Effective, easy, convenient and completely confidential E- Counselling.