Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Didsbury, AB.

Our therapists have extensive experience working with mental health issues, such as anxiety, OCD, social anxiety and panic. Stress and anxiety are the most common problems in our modern world and manifests as either over functioning (perfectionism) or under functioning (procrastination). We feel that anxiety is at it’s core an adaptive neurological reactions to threat. It’s an early alarm system that allows us to stay safe. However, this adaptive system gets hijacked and the alarm starts going off all the time. We draw on both bottom up (relaxation exercises, grounding and mindfulness) and top down (cognitive restructuring) approaches to working with anxiety.

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.

While our bodies are perfectly designed to adapt and react to stress, modern problems mean that we tend to detect life threatening dangers in very ordinary places. Conflicts at work, arguments in our relationships and uncertainties such as the post-Covid world activate old survival mechanisms. We may be stuck in the buzzing, fear states of ‘fight-flight’ or the numb and paralyzed states of ‘freeze and shut down.’ The good news is that I have a long history of safely and successfully helping individuals and couples to reduce and release stress using a variety of CBT and mindfulness techniques, as well as trauma-informed therapy. You have my commitment to compassionate and educated care.

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.

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 take a hold on you and never let go, leaving you trapped and frozen. I help my clients to learn all about the magic of mindfulness practice. It's one of the most effective ways to put you in control of your emotions, rather than them controlling you. Imagine how great it would be to have an internal place of peace and serenity that you can use at any time to relax and become grounded. Mindfulness is an ancient practice that is also supported by scientific empirical studies. It's one of the best ways to change your life.

[I OFFER VIDEO SESSIONS THROUGHOUT ALBERTA AND ONTARIO]. Anxiety and stress are two conditions that have treatments that work. Cognitive behaviour therapy, desensitization therapy, and hypnotherapy (all of which I practice) are often tremendously helpful. I have been a psychologist since 1986, and I can help. Set up a time to see me by visiting https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=14249112

Are you living your life constantly feeling on-edge? Are you a worrier who can't seem to turn it off? Does anxiety or stress keep you from being fully present for your family? As an anxiety and stress specialist, I know rough this can be. But there is hope. Together, we can deploy powerful techniques to get you feeling calm, relaxed, and emotionally thriving, so you can effectively deal with life challenges. Imagine: going about your day feeling excited rather than worried, confident rather than stressed, and focused rather than scattered. If you’re ready to stop worrying and start living, reach out.

I have extensive experience providing evidence-based treatment for anxiety and stress, offered exclusively through secure virtual care. My approach centers on teaching practical psychological skills that help you manage worry, reduce tension, and feel more in control of your daily life. Drawing on proven methods such as EMDR, DBT, and stress-focused therapies, I tailor treatment to your unique needs. These tools are just as effective online as in person, allowing you to access support wherever you are.

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.

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.