Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in De Winton, AB.

Gerard has diverse experience as a psychologist and leader in social services, schools, university, workplaces, and his private practice. Using a theoretical foundation of social learning and cognitive-behavioural training, he is well-versed in various kinds of formal and informal assessment and solution-focussed approaches. He listens carefully to understand your needs and relies on his extensive experience to help you find solutions.

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

In the therapy time anxiety and stress are explored. People with strong levels of anxiety and panic can find relief from the feelings. After the sessions, people often find that they do not need to avoid a variety of people or situations they previously avoided that led to the anxiety. They may also learn how to manage and eventually experience minor levels or no anxiety at all. Stress and methods to reduce and eliminate unhealthy levels of stress are also dealt with.

My approach to stress and anxiety is figuring out the route of the problem. I explore triggers and patterns with clients- and introduce anxiety management techniques, through the use of mindfulness based activities and interventions. Through cognitive-behavioural therapy and solutions-focused therapy, we will work together to gain coping mechanisms and to challenge your negative thinking patterns that may be controlling your life, and preventing you from moving forward.

Life can be stressful and overwhelming at times, which leaves you with little energy to direct towards change. When we feel like our responsibilities, roles, and experiences are just too much for us to handle or cope with, it can be useful to have the opportunity to take a step back and evaluate our circumstances. Counselling can help to sort through experiences of stress and anxiety, to foster clarity, and to develop new ways of managing and meeting life's challenges.

Anxiety becomes a problem when it causes so much distress or impairment that we are not able to function optimally in our day-to-day lives. Fears and worries can become so intense that they interfere with our decision-making, work performance, ability to travel, try new things, or develop and maintain strong social connections. If you feel that this describes your difficulties, we can help. We help our clients learn to use relaxation and breathing techniques to gain greater mastery over their physiology, and to identify and change catastrophic and black-and-white thinking patterns that perpetuate anxiety and excessive worries. We can help you feel like you are back in charge of your life. Call us today at 403-255-8577 to book and appointment or gain more information.

Stomach in a knot? Heart in your throat? It's not enough to just manage the feelings, you need real peace. We offer a proven path of Spiritual and emotional releasing matched with psychological techniques that allow you to take control of the inner world that drives these symptoms. Come and experience the lasting change Christian Counselling for anxiety, panic and stress can bring to you!

Everyone experiences stress and anxiety at different points. With the high number of competing demands in our society, often these feelings can become increasingly present and start to interfere with our daily life. They can invade our mind and body and cause us to experience a myriad of symptoms such as: constant worries, irrational fears, sleeplessness, muscle tension, rapid heart rate and muscle tension. I work to support those struggling to uncover, understand and address the roots of their anxiety. I also help them to learn a variety of stress-management, relaxation techniques and self-care techniques so they are better equipped to manage life's inevitable challenges in the future.

Does it sometimes feel like anxiety is a monster that seems to have control over your life? That stress has a stranglehold on you? That everything you do is organized around avoiding the intrusion of these awful feelings? That you feel so powerless to change any of it that you are ready to explode. And sometimes are afraid you will. Feelings of anxiety are incredibly uncomfortable, intense, overwhelming at times and even terrifying. They can overwhelm our thoughts leaving us unable to think about nothing more than worries we have about the future and what could happen, or horrible reruns of what has already happened in the past. We begin to turn all our resources toward avoiding these thoughts and feelings. The more effort we take to avoid feeling...(view profile to read more)

Stress is the body’s natural reaction to danger. It’s meant to help identify a problem that needs your attention to fix. However, when the stress lasts too long, it can start to impact our physical and mental health. In my practice we look at understanding the root of all stress or anxiety and together we create practical, meaningful coping strategies.

Anxiety and Stress are the norm in today's world. Our fast-paced society pulls our attention in many directions and often away from ourselves. Being disconnected from our feelings, needs and wants is often a cause of anxiety. Mindfulness-based counselling is a powerful way to have us create an island of sanity for ourselves amidst the speed of our lives. By learning to reconnect with ourselves amidst the busyness of life, we are put back into relationship with our hearts and what is truly meaningful to us.

Everyone feels anxiety at some point in their lives but when it starts to interfere with your life, counseling can help. Although anxiety can feel debilitating, it is treatable. People with anxiety don’t always share the same symptoms, they vary from person to person. Therapy will help you to reclaim your life and function in a chronically stressful 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.

Anxiety is, simply, put, unrelenting worry that continues after the thing or circumstance you are worrying about is removed or it is the exaggerated worry about something. In anxiety, the sheer size of the worry in relation to the concern, the realistic vs. non-realistic nature of the concern, and the frequency or level of control related to concern matter. OCD relates to obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours. Social Anxiety is an intrusive, disruptive fear of people or certain social situations. Often, we see fears of judgement, body image, looking awkward or stupid, as being thematic in social anxiety thoughts. Just to name a few example of how anxiety can present itself.

Dr. Val finds that anxiety is one of the main reasons that clients attend for counselling. Our stress in this society seems to get more and more overwhelming. With her varied background, careful listening skills, and toolbox of strategies, she will help you surmount what sometimes amounts to immobilization. She will explain the neurological basis of anxiety and help you change your thinking patterns and behaviours in order to master stress.

Anxiety and stress can make it hard to think clearly, make decisions and find enjoyment in every day activities. While living with some stress is normal, anxiety can get in the way of living your life the way you want. It is difficult to overcome the impact of anxiety without professional help. Many of my clients have tried to cope on their own or with some help, but find that the anxiety never truly goes away. I can help you or your child in identifying the underlying causes of your anxiety, and to learn how to successfully cope with life's challenges and to live more fully.

Anxiety can be so painful both mentally and physically. This is where I begin my work with clients, on the distressing symptoms. It is important to get these symptoms to a manageable level so that people can resume their lives. I use a variety of tools to help bring relief starting in the first session. Once the symptoms have begun to decrease we explore the deeper root causes of anxiety to ensure that these symptoms do not return. So that clients can live a life without distressing 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.

Using a collaborative approach, I work with individuals with anxiety to investigate possible sources of their mental health concerns, including biological, psychological, environmental, situational, spiritual, or a combination of the aforementioned. Integrating evidence-based research with creative and personalized counselling, I will work with each person to forge a unique plan to overcoming and/or managing their individual challenges. My aim is to leave each individual with an increased understanding of themselves and confidence that they can live their best life possible regardless of their past, present and future circumstances.

We live in a world that gives us the message that to work and manage home life is to be successful, yet the lived experience of this belief leaves many feeling they are stressed and thus "not successful" because they cannot handle the world of ups and downs. We are taught to question ourselves in those moments and not the beliefs we are told about what it means to balance work and life. Furthermore our histories can at times leave us with coping strategies that often lead to stress and anxiety. Meditation has been showing more benefits to individuals dealing with anxiety and stress. I am a certified meditation instructor and use a combination of therapy and mindfulness.

Everyone experiences anxiety and stress throughout their lives but sometimes it can feel overwhelming, exhausting and can prevent you from doing things you want or achieving your goals. Elizabeth works with many people who experience anxiety and stress, including first responders. Elizabeth uses various therapeutic techniques to assist in dealing with stress as well as decreasing feelings of anxiety.

We have evolved for survival, NOT HAPPINESS, which is why we all have a propensity for anxiety and stress. It's natural, however, it's HOW YOU DEAL WITH IT that makes the difference. Think of all the ways stress and anxiety are affecting your life. Now imagine the joy and fulfilment of living your dreams without being immobilized by stress and anxiety! Here are some of the potential benefits: improved health, weight loss, smoking cessation, alcohol reduction or elimination, improved relationships and marriage, etc. All of these benefits can occur when you learn how to manage, NOT AVOID, stress and anxiety. For more info on how I practive click here - http://www.thehappinesstrap.com/about_ac

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. .

Life stressors and difficult life experiences may leave you feeling overwhelmed, tense, fearful, and may prevent you from being present in your life. Experiences of anxiety and stress often present in a variety of ways, including thinking patterns, somatic and bodily responses, and in emotions. Counselling may support you in learning new ways to cope, develop skills to manage stressors, support you in feeling more present and engaged with life, and/or decrease discomfort and distress.

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.