Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Balzac, AB.

Anxiety and stress seem so common today, that they may seem to be unavoidable. I can tell you that you will be able to change the way you feel. At it's heart, anxiety is a warning system that something is wrong, but if it dominates your life, often you can't tell the difference between a minor blip and a major catastrophe. It's all overwhelming. Stress to some extent motivates you, but over a certain threshold can paralyze you. I have worked for many years with anxiety and stress, and will help you to negotiate through the challenges of bringing them back within your control. You can develop the understanding and skills to thrive in a challenging world.

Our world can be a stressful and frightening place -- and it's even more difficult to walk through alone. You don't have to feel alone in an unsafe world. Our specialized Christian counselling for women struggling with anxiety, panic and stress can empower you with the tools to deal with life, relationships and your faith in a way that doesn't just mask the problem - it lets you walk free from it.

I love to work with individuals to empower them to conquer severe anxiety and manage stress responses more confidently. I use a variety of practical and effective techniques designed to foster relaxation, mindfulness, grounding and emotional regulation. I also use a lot of psychoeducation in this process to help individuals understand the mechanisms behind the nervous system's response to fear and stress. I will support you through your work of confronting your fears, building resilience and fostering long-term emotional well-being.

In order to help my clients who struggle with anxiety, I help them to reduce the frequency, intensity and duration of the anxiety so that they can function in their daily lives. It is important to learn vocabulary to describe anxiety, to identify cues, symptoms and triggers, and to look for underlying areas of vulnerability that are creating an environment for anxiety to thrive.

Life can be stressful. Our natural reactions to an environment which is perceived as unsafe is anxiety. Is your world unsafe? Or do your natural reactions cause you to overestimate the danger in the world? Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy is an evidence-based approach which has been shown to be just as helpful (or more) than medications. Learn some skills which you can use for the rest of your life to gain better control over your anxiety.

I approach anxiety differently from many therapists. Instead of struggling to fight against the anxious thoughts and feelings, I encourage people to explore what is feeding and maintaining them. They develop tools and strategies to move forward despite their paralyzing thoughts and feelings. We learn how to change behaviour based on what is most important to us rather than continuing to be held hostage by stress, panic and anxiety. This values-driven approach can guide behaviour change long-term. I believe that it is only through acceptance and thoroughly understanding our feelings that changes can really happen.

Healthy anxiety is a transient response to stress. It prompts us to use coping skills. Sometimes anxiety becomes persistent, unreasonable and excessive, even to the point of a panic attack. The cause may be overwhelming stress, abuse, separation or loss, or a traumatic event. Unhealthy anxiety can lead to great distress, difficulty with daily life, relationship problems, avoidance of people, places and situations, and time-consuming habits. Treatment can help you: • develop strategies to manage stress and anxiety • conquer worrying • relate to others in healthy ways without fear of rejection or being evaluated negatively • recover from past trauma • get back to living life

Anxiety and stress are sometimes helpful responses and can carry important information for us about our current lives. However, they can also be overwhelming and come with sensations that are difficult to tolerate. I can help you learn techniques to soothe your body, regain balance, and address the mind chatter that may be perpetuating your anxiety.

We all face anxiety and stress in our lives. There are many people however that experience anxiety to the point of reducing their ability to function on a daily basis. For anyone experiencing anxiety and high levels of stress there are effective treatments. I will work with you to identify what will work best based on your experience and the use of techniques proven to help reduce anxiety and stress.

We take a tailored approach to helping clients manage their anxiety & stress, wholly dependent on individuals’ needs. This is extremely important as what works for one person may not work for another. As such, elements from many different approaches to therapy may be incorporated to help the client successfully achieve their counselling goals. For example, one therapeutic approach may include elements from CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) coupled with emotion-focused work to yield a successful outcome.

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.

Dealing with your stress and anxiety involves the capacity to stay centered and calm while observing what is causing and activating your feelings of stress and anxiety. Through mindfulness-based stress reduction and cognitive therapy you will develop the capacity to: pause and regulate your emotions, take perspective on your thoughts, and choose to respond to your stress/anxiety instead of react to it. Together we will create the attitudes and life practices that enable you to transform stress/anxiety into energy and motivation.

I help clients manage anxiety and stress with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), a research-based approach in which I am certified. I help clients with managing stress, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobias, health anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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.

Fear, doubt, worry? Butterflies in the stomach? Anxiety affects 5% of the population, and is one of the oldest and most common mental health challenges around. 60% of the physical issues that take people to a doctor's office are related to stress. Many people want symptom relief, which I do, but how it shows up in your life is individual to you. I explore your life and work with you to unearth 'holistic' roots that may be keeping it in place.

Anxiety interventions, such as CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), help you to fully understand your symptoms, how your thoughts, emotions and behaviours contribute to anxiety symptoms. I will work with you to develop a plan to help address and minimize the anxious symptoms, while also finding increased ways to cope. I also specialize in burnout prevention and helping you to achieve self-care that eliminates the chronic stress impacting your everyday life. This will benefit you as you will learn to find a way to prevent/manage the anxiety and how to complete the stress cycle allowing you to find balance and peace.

Anxiety as a result of stress is one of, if not the major contributing factor to poor health in most areas of people lives. If you have ever been tense before an exam or a visit to the dentist, you have a felt anxiety. Increased heart rate, sweating, rapid breathing, dry mouth, & a sense of dread are common. Changing this involves cognitive & behavioural approaches. Cognitive change is understanding how thoughts contribute to symptoms and how to change thought patterns to reduce the intensity of your anxiety. And behavioral changes involve using techniques to reduce or stop any undesired behaviors that are a result of the anxiety you have been experiencing.

The feeling of your heart racing, getting lost in thoughts racing, not being able to follow a conversation because you're stuck in your head, feeling out of control and even the panic of thinking you're having a heart attack. All of that can be resolved and you can be back in control of your mind and body by engaging in a commitment to counseling which could include various modalities such as CBT and EMDR. It all begins with your individual assessment to determine your unique needs and treatment plan.

The pandemic has changed the world, greatly increasing stress and anxiety for most individuals. I am passionate about helping people navigate the new "normal" as they come out of the aftermath of the pandemic. This may look like finding life/work balance, focusing on self-care, regrouping, or rebuilding certain aspects of their lives and relationships. With general anxiety, teaching self-soothing, self-regulating, or introducing mindfulness techniques can be helpful in combating stress and easing anxious thoughts and behaviours.

Stressors and anxiety are a normal part of life. It is how you respond to the changes that life sends your way that makes the difference between being resilient or unhealthy. Distinguishing between unhealthy and healthy anxiety and learning to effectively manage stressors are key life skills. Also what we tell ourselves about a given situation has a lot to do with how we manage it. Together we will explore your stressors and work at eliminating your ineffective beliefs and developing ways to manage difficult situations more effectively. .

This is my specialty. I have worked with many clients who struggle with stress and anxiety. I like to get to the root cause of the stress, even working into family of origin and attachment issues if appropriate. We can work on daily coping strategies as well. There are many ways to reset your nervous system and become friends with your body again.

My doctoral thesis on vicarious traumatization of professionals in the justice system became available through Prorequest in 2008. Professionals in Australia, Canada, the UK & and the USA based on their work-based experiences. Due to limited space, I will only mention a few aspects of this international research. You may: - Question your faith and have negative affective and cognitive changes. - Lack self or social motivation - Feel overwhelmingly sad and have an increased sense of pending doom about your life. - Have intrusive memories and disturbing images linked to the traumatic situation or occurrence. Let's talk; these factors could affect your motivation and capacity to maintain self–care.

Keystone Child and Family Therapy provides counseling to help couples, parents, and children cope with and be free from the effects of anxiety and stress. Both anxiety and stress can be debilitating for the individual and to those around him or her. It can have negative consequences to couple relationships, parent/child relationships, even relationships between peers at school or the workplace. Through a combination of Attachment Based Counseling, Solution-Focused Counseling, and Cognitive Behavioral Counseling Keystone provides practical strategies to overcome the anxiety and have deeper more satisfactory relationships.

Anxiety and stress can make the world seem like an endless barrage of worries and pressures, leaving you feeling overwhelmed and on edge. Your sessions with me will be a safe harbor, where we will not only identify the triggers of your anxiety and stress but also repurpose these feelings. My therapeutic approach is about creating a space where you can learn and apply powerful techniques that offer both immediate relief and enduring change. Together, we'll navigate these turbulent waters, moving you towards a transformation where calm and confidence become your new normal.

My approach to treatment of stress and anxiety is mainly client-centered and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy-Psycho-Educational Approach. I empathize, listen and work with clients to determine stressors in their lives and together figure out ways to minimize and/or abstain from stressors if necessary. Sometimes, unhealthy/irrational thoughts may cause anxiety/stress among clients. Thus, I work with clients to determine and correct unhealthy/irrational thoughts and beliefs to healthy/rational thoughts and beliefs.