Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Forest Lawn, AB.

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.

I have over 12 year of experience treating anxiety. I help clients to alleviate the anxiety symptoms that they are consumed by. I used Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotions Focused Therapy techniques to treat the anxiety symptoms. Anxiety is often a suppression of unprocessed emotions. I will help you to process some of the core emotions under the anxiety. Once the anxiety symptoms are managed we will working on getting at the root of the anxiety and devise ways to prevent further episodes of anxiety.

How do you know if you are experiencing 'normal' stress or have crossed the line into the 'isolating' world of anxiety and panic? Alongside compassionate and non-judgemental care most of us just need some extra support and helpful tools to help weather what can often be a life-long journey. Special emphasis is put on understanding internal and external cues of anxiety and stress.

Anxiety is a normal, human response to stressful events that we each experience at times ... like delivering a speech (or presentation at work or narrowly avoiding a car accident. It becomes a problem when we feel anxious a LOT, or our response is out of all proportion to the situation, or we avoid the provoking situation/thing, and it interferes with our day-to-day lives. Anxiety is treatable. I can help you reduce your stress response, manage your physiological responses (like breathing), change your thinking about the feared event, and build your repertoire of self-care and relaxation-enhancing activities -- all of which will reduce your anxiety and enhance your quality of life.

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.

Overwhelmed? Let's start by figuring out the common threads tying together your different concerns. We'll then work together to target your sources of stress and anxiety by combining gold-standard interventions with a specific focus on you, an individual with unique needs, history, strengths, and skills. Clients feel understood and supported as individuals and treated as people who can make great changes in their own wellbeing.

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. .

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.

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.

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.

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.

[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

Unfortunately with our incredibly fast paced society, anxiety and stress have become all-too-familiar struggles for all ages. People feel pressure from the many commitments in their lives, and with the beauty and curse of technology, we often feel we cannot get a break. It has become imperative that we learn ways of managing our anxiety and stress, and of slowing down our systems so that they do not get to a point of explosion. Many people enter into therapy at such a point, and we work hard to create a space where they can breathe and learn strategies for coping, as well as re-narrating old patterns.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Coping with stress and management of anxious thoughts and feelings is a challenge for many clients. We examine the ways that stress can affect the physical body and seek direct ways to mitigate these problems, such as breathing retraining and thought distancing. Often, we focus on building a hierarchy of fears and gradual exposure to these fears. We also work on management of physical reactions, such as panic.

If you are struggling with stress or anxiety, therapy with me can help provide relief from your worries and fears. My approach is compassionate and non- judgemental. I use proven counselling strategies such as mindfulness, progressive relaxation, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), emotional freedom technique (EFT) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). These methods often bring rapid results. My clients often report how much better their lives are after working with me. Anxiety doesn’t have to control your life. You CAN have a life where you feel more relaxed and at peace. Contact me for a free, 15-minute phone consultation to find out more.

Jennifer spent all of her early years as a therapist specializing in anxiety disorders and has treated clients all over the world, including areas such as Australia, New Zealand, USA and the UK. She continues to treat clients in these areas, by offering teletherapy & Skype counselling. If you are suffering from an anxiety or stress disorder, and would like an experienced therapist with a high success rate to help, Jennifer would be an ideal fit. For a few testimonials of her work in anxiety, check out www.livingwellcounselling.ca

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.

Experiencing stress seems inevitable. However, when stress is overwhelming, we can develop anxiety, which can hinder us from participating in life in a full way. Our lives might get smaller, less satisfying, and we might feel that we are no longer in control. Anxiety often makes its presence known by uncomfortable physical symptoms in our bodies. Together, we will learn about these physical symptoms. We will explore how anxiety might have started and what triggers it. We will also develop strategies that shift your nervous system from anxiety, to a state of calm and connection with self, others, and the world.

When the body and mind have learned that a calm internal state is not safe, it remains in a state of alert, alarm, fear, or terror to meet it's needs. I believe anxiety is a coping style that has helped keep you safe and alive in the past, but might no longer be helpful or necessary. I can help you better understand your experience, regulate and calm, and adopt new ways of coping with stress.

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.