Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Sachse, TX.

Clients presenting for relief from anxiety and stress may achieve their goals via cognitive-behavioral therapy, or CBT. Lowering anxiety often entails replacing irrational thinking and feeling with better thoughts and beneficial feelings- and consequently, different behaviors become possible that are beneficial for change. Clients can achieve mental discipline and more control over their feelings than they typically believe is possible when they first come in for counseling. Emotional intelligence is a goal that can be achieved by understanding what self differentiation means and how it is a valuable part of the family systems theory approach that I use with clients.

Anxiety and stress are a part of our everyday life. However, these two issues do not have to be debilitating. They are not our enemies and can often times push us towards reaching our goals. I believe that it is important to learn how to cope with stressors that come from our relationships, our jobs or children, etc. Sometimes, its as simple as learning a life skill and re-framing our thinking.

I am trained in mindfulness-based stress reduction, and it's a great approach to reducing anxiety. I teach simple strategies that you practice daily. One simple strategy is just before you fall asleep at night, think about your day and choose the best part. This techniques puts you in a positive frame of mind just before you fall asleep. When you practice this daily, over time you will begin to fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and get that good quality sleep while you are asleep.

We have all experienced anxiety and stress at certain points in our lives, and some of us much more than others. I will help you navigate and better understand the source of your anxiety and/or stress, which often times lies beneath the surface, and will help you in finding effective and healthy coping skills that help you deal with the stressors in your life, as well as collaborate on ways to reduce to stressors, when and if possible.

Dr. Vasavada is excellent at medication management and co-occuring diagnosis. Stress and anxiety make it difficult for individuals to focus, excel at tasks and enjoy the simple pleasures of life. Medication and therapy combined can make a huge difference in daily living. Dr. Vasavada and the therapists at Lakeside Life Center are all trained in cognitive and behavioral therapies to help reduce the symptoms of anxiety and help with stress management.

Anxiety can feel overwhelming and there is often a tendency to avoid situations that a person feels will cause further or increased anxiety. Interestingly, when a person is able to address or move toward what causes them anxiety, they move toward the answer to the feelings or sensations they are experiencing. The answers lie in approaching what cause us anxiety rather than avoiding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy gently assists a person in learning to approach what causes anxiety and find the answers to overcome the feelings of being overwhelmed.

Life in today's fast-paced demanding world can leave you feeling overwhelmed, stressed and anxious. Maybe you've experienced a traumatic event that you just can't seem to move past. For more than 25 years I've helped clients learn to cope with and overcome the effects of stress and anxiety. Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), I'll help you understand what triggers your anxiety, learn to change the thinking patterns that can lead to increased stress and develop concrete skills to reduce your anxiety. Anxiety, stress and the effects of trauma are treatable. You can restore a sense of calm and positive control over your life again.

A certain amount of Anxiety and Stress are normal in life. But when life gets too big, we sometimes lose the ability to deal with them effectively and need help. There are many ways that counseling can help bring relief (some of it immediately!) in these areas. Some people find relaxation tools are helpful in day to day approaches but we also need to be able to tap into other tools when that is not enough. With an expanded tool kit, we have more options, more tools, to deal with stress and anxiety where we do not have to live in their relentless shadow.