Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Winder, GA.

You may think you are just dealing with routine stress and tension. If that is the case, then you can learn healthier ways of managing your stress and tension. Upon a closer look, you may find however that you have some anxiety issues. Anxiety may be more noticeable in your thinking, such as with racing thoughts, or in your body, such as when you may have a hard time sitting still, a racing heart, shortness of breath, shakiness, nausea, etc. There are ways to manage these symptoms and to deal with the underlying causes. Talking to an empathetic clinician can help. Freedom is possible.

While most treatment approaches for anxiety and stress are effective on the surface, they don’t treat the real problem. Mantras, deep breathing, and rational dialogues about your fear being irrational rarely work---for most people don’t believe it or you! Imagine if you can trick the brain into changing without you telling your conscious mind that you are changing it? Problem with anxiety and stress is that the brain in this state knows you want to change it and it resists. Contact Kevin@kevinfleminphd.com for the ultimate stress and anxiety solution that will literally change your brain's autonomic nervous system patterns while you sit on your butt. 877-606-6161.

Anxiety and stress are common parts of modern life. Jobs, school, families, and partners can all combine to leave us feeling overwhelmed and as if we can't get everything done. And if you have a perfectionist tendency, then you may feel extra anxiety that no matter what you do or how hard you work, you will never be good enough. The keys to reducing anxiety and stress are self-acceptance, learning to let things go, and learning to relax and stay calm. You might not be able to "do it all", but you can learn to stop worrying so much, do what you can, and enjoy life!

Anxiety is fear taken to the extreme. It shuts people down or causes them to try to control. It may make us fret and rob us of joy (we get stressed out). Our answer to it is often self-sufficiency (defensive strategies) which does not work. I use biblio therapy (reading materials), cognitive therapy, and physiological relaxation strategies, along with Truth to know who we are and to increase one's resilience to be vulnerable in a healthy way. Better boundary setting may be essential, etc.

There are many ways to treat anxiety/stress. There are the typical coping skills and I specialize in these. I will walk you through deep breathing, visualizations and PMR. There are things that you can do to calm your nervous system. Sometimes anger is also at the root of the cause of anxiety. So addressing past issues and working through anger would be beneficial. If someone just wants coping skills, then coping skills it is.

Problems with anxiety can manifest in many ways. Panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorders, avoiding certain situations or places, and how we interact with others. Getting to the core of the anxiety with EMDR can help clients process the event that has created the anxiety desensitizing its triggers to help the client move past the traumatic event. Children can also experience worry and anxiety. These may include things such as problems with friends, problems in school, worry about the future or their parent’s relationship. Getting help is the first step to making change.

Anxiety provoking stimulus is everywhere today. Bills are due, kids need to be picked up, social media stirs us up. The greatest source of anxiety is our own minds. Through therapy clients learn to first monitor their anxiety and then to bring it down to a manageable level. Using techniques from narrative and mindfulness clients can learn to cope.

Anxiety is a physiological response to a real or perceived threat. Counseling can help with anxiety by seeking to understand and eliminate that threat and by providing useful coping strategies when anxiety strikes. Benefits include a less frequent and intense experience of anxiety symptoms and the development of skills for handling them when they do occur. One important benefit of working with a counselor on your anxiety is being able to talk about it without feeling judged. I help clients with anxiety find answers to their own questions without judgment.

Are you struggling with anxiety or stress? There are many people dealing with stress and anxiety these days, new job, new relationship, new or old family dynamics. Taking the first step to address and heal the area of pain helps you to start taking back your power, one day at a time. Whatever the stressor may be, you don't have to deal with it alone. Let's get on a session call to help unmask some of the stressors and work through your concerns.