Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Walled Lake, MI.

The pressures of modern life in stressful times or situations can lower a shadow of despair over anyone's sense of well-being. These may manifest as problems with anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and/or the inability to maintain positive connections in personal relationships. My goal in therapy is to simply be present with my client in a very real way that assists them as they learn to access their own inner resources and reclaim meaningful equilibrium in their lives.

Do you often feel stressed out, nervous, tense, fearful, or just plain "on edge"? Anxiety symptoms can have a significant impact on your day-to-day function. In addition to exploring the possible root causes of your anxiety, I can help you to develop practical stress management tools and coping skills to help ease your symptoms and improve you quality of life.

Having multiple life stressors can impair your ability to manage your emotions, thoughts and behaviors, making you susceptible to anxiety. This can lead to feelings of being overwhelmed, excessive worry, obsessive thoughts or actions, separation anxiety, social anxiety panic attacks or irrational fears and beliefs. In counseling we can determine what your life stressors are and how to reduce or eliminate them. You can learn techniques to combat the irrational thought process and expectations that are linked to anxiety. You will be able to work through life events that have created anxiety for you.

While most treatment approaches for anxiety and stress are effective on the surface, they dont treat the real problem. Mantras, deep breathing, and rational dialogues about your fear being irrational rarely work---for most people dont 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

Overwhelmed? Constantly worrying? You don't have to handle it alone. We can discuss ways to calm the wave of worry and search the darkness of being overwhelmed. We will discuss how to set healthy boundaries and develop productive coping skills to manage your stress. I offer a safe space to discuss what is triggering your anxiety and stress, leaving room to discuss how you can move forward healthily.

“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” This is a wonderful quote and exactly describes our work together. What could you do if you could stop being worried what others are thinking? If you could stop being focused on making others happy? If you could just be comfortable being you? Can you imagine waking up, looking at your planner, & just reflect on what the day will bring without that knot in your stomach or the loop of anxious thoughts in your head? It is possible. Together we will identify your anxiety, begin to understand it, & learn tools or skills to take control of it.

The last couple of years have been really tough on all of us and we have all really felt the effect of stress and anxiety! But the good news is that there are some fairly easy things that you can implement in your life to greatly improve your ability to cope with stress! Counseling can help you with your stress and anxiety by providing a place to be really heard in a judgment-free environment, and then helping you to master the skills that will help you cope better with your daily life. CBT has been proven to be especially helpful for anxiety and so I tend to use it a lot. You likely will be able to see a difference in your life right away.

I believe that when a person has an overestimation of threat, combined with an underestimation of their ability to cope, an anxious response develops. Recognizing that anxiety will never fully disappear, I work with the client to live alongside their anxiety by learning to understand it. I help with strategies and techniques that will help the client make meaning of their stress-response and understand and challenge their internal dialogue.

Anxiety and stress are two of the most common plagues of our society. They are also two of the most fixable. I've seen clients overcome amazing obstacles about specific anxiety (i.e., flying or dealing with certain family members) as well as the everyday stress that seems inescapable these days. We can't always change the circumstances, but I can give you lots of tools to change how you respond to them and to take back control.

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.

Clients move from “patterns of limited thinking” to developing alternative balanced thoughts and learn how to stop their anxiety by identifying and altering the thoughts accompanying the anxiety. We teach thought stopping, worry control, and coping with panic. Clients address their symptoms in four areas of physical reactions, thoughts, behaviors and moods. assign exercises from various workbooks with a focus on clients ability to identify and challenge “automatic thoughts” and “hot thoughts.” Utilizing the premise that emotions, thoughts, and behaviors are interconnected clients practice the skills of mindfulness and distress tolerance for managing their emotions.

My approach to treatment for anxiety and stress is a combination of talk therapy, journaling, and cognitive/behavioral therapy. I work collaboratively with you to develop a treatment plan that makes sense and is accessible for who you are. Sometimes, even the thought of therapy can cause anxiety and/or stress. My goal is to minimize this anxiety and stress so that you can be most productive in reaching your goals to improve the overall quality of your life. Together, we will build on your strengths so that you feel empowered on your healing journey.

I specialize in Anxiety and Stress treatment. My approach is to not just help you manage your anxiety but to overcome the anxiety. By integrating cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic approaches you will resolve feelings and experiences that contribute to the anxiety and correct negative and distorted thinking. If you are someone who tends to overdo for others or if you are a people pleaser I will help you learn to set boundaries and implement assertiveness techniques. These can be very helpful in reducing anxiety. You can worry less and feel more confident.