Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in West Roxbury, MA.

Anxiety and stress can distort the way you think about life, blowing small problems out of proportion,significant problems into major catastrophes that can paralyze you. Your enjoyment of life is ruined, often for no real reason. But anxiety is very treatable by natural methods. I can help you examine your fears and provide proper perspective, guide you in relaxation techniques, and help you change your thoughts from fears of disaster to logical, realistic assessments that can help you redirect your energy and plan your life effectively.

My approach to treating anxiety and stress involves using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to help clients manage their symptoms and improve their quality of life. I teach clients to identify and challenge negative thought patterns, practice mindfulness techniques, and develop healthy coping strategies. By providing a supportive and empathetic environment, I aim to help clients reduce their anxiety and stress levels, enhance their emotional resilience, and achieve greater overall well-being.

Life events make everyone prone to anxiety and stress. The fact is everyone will experience multiple stressful events in their lifetime. Such events include stressful work environment, financial loss, illness, death, relationship loss. The manner in which each person deals with these events will determine their survivability and overall functioning. When you understand that life events are like a valley with periods of high and lows (peak and trough), the quicker you will seek to get out from the bottom of the valley and make your way to the top.

We hold our anxiety and stress in our body. We feel tension, gut problems, hot flashes, disrupted sleep and more. I work with anxiety and stress by helping individuals learn and develop tools to re-regulate their nervous system. When we have a coherent and fluid nervous system, we can do difficult things without feeling paralyzed by overwhelming fear.

There are many types of emotions deregulation that can cause anxiety. There are also many types of anxiety. Clients bring history of the disorder and anxiety assessment test is done to see where the fears are coming from. Relaxation, and other techniques will be use to teach clients the anxiety reduction skills. The use of exposure therapy is also will benefit clients when careful done in a safe environment.

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.

I believe anxiety and stress are for a large part the disconnection of the individual from their body and emotions, while they live a life in their head with minds spinning. Reconnecting a client to their bodies through mindfulness practices is one method I use to help with these stressors. This can also include building aspects of clients' physical activity such as exercise and creative expression. I also believe in integrating cognitive therapy to help shift unhelpful anxious thoughts about past and future which I consider to be the source of misery for many.

People who experience exaggerated worry and tension, often expect the worst, even when there is no apparent reason for concern. In small amounts, these feelings are normal. Not everyone experiences symptoms in the same way. Many people feel symptoms in their body: (pain in your abdomen, headaches, muscle pain & tightness) You may have a harder time focusing, feel tired most of the time, experience irritability and sexual problems. Stress & Anxiety can also cause problems falling & staying asleep & nightmares. I have a broad range of effective strategies & techniques available to help you reduce and manage stress & anxiety, quiet your mind, calm your body, and improve your overall well being.

I leverage a solution-based approach to clearly outline your primary challenge, work through an exercise to meditate on and define your future state and then work over 8 sessions to achieve it via homework and 1:1 sessions. Clients have experienced great success with this approach, my goal is to empower you - YOU have the answers and I want to help you find them.