Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Leduc, AB.

Anxiety can feel debilitating when feelings of fear, worry, or nervousness develop into a day to day excessive, irrational dread and impacts a person’s daily functioning. As a registered psychologist I draw on various approaches to help individuals develop the skills to feel more in control of anxiety and stress. I assist individuals in understanding how anxiety or panic attacks develop and how to manage better by assessing needs, limits, and triggers for anxiety and stress. www.stalbertcounselling.com

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.

It is important to identify when the challenges we are facing are beyond the normal threshold of storm and stress. After we did that, in order to preserve our mental and physical health, it is important to make a decision to reach out and find a caring professional support. A person who will give as a safe environment, and work with us on overcoming the challenges we face.

Anxiety can be an adaptive, it helps to prepare us to perform at our best and allows us to respond quickly in new environments and experiences. However, when our anxiety becomes overwhelming it can interfere with our day to day functioning significantly. This is when we usually need some support to gain control of our anxiety and be able to manage it. I will be able to provide you with tools to use in your daily life to manage stress and anxiety. It is also important to understand and address the underlying causes of the anxiety and in order to reduce it's overall impact on your life, and give you more control of it in your future.

Feeling anxious and experiencing stress are normal and healthy human experiences. However, both anxiety and stress can get out of control in our lives and can cause incredible challenges that lead to feeling overwhelmed and out of control. You may be experiencing the negative impact of overwhelming stress and anxiety in your life right now, and you may even feel like life is slipping out of your control. You and I will work together to restore control, to reduce the unhelpful influence of stress and anxiety, and to help you to return to living a life that reflects who you want to be.

Although anxiety is a natural part of life, it can escalate and begin to interfere with functioning. In these cases, I assist clients to learn ways to gain more control, such as by learning to relax the body, think in ways that do not create additional anxiety, process past experiences that contribute to the anxiety, and identify triggers so that alternate coping strategies can be used. I also work with clients to establish healthy stress management strategies, through exercise, social support, self-care, assertiveness, healthy expression of feelings, and appropriate life balance, so that clients have an overall sense of calm and well-being.

Anxiety and stress in healthy doses and can have advantages, but it can easily turn into a debilitating feeling. Some may experience serve physical symptoms as a result chronic unmanaged stress. I have successfully worked with people from a variety of backgrounds to treat a variety of anxiety and stress-based issues and look forward to working with you. Visit my website at www.prairieowlpsychology.ca from more details.

My approach to treating anxiety is based on learning skills and strategies to help you accept instead of get rid of your anxiety. As you stop trying to fight against feeling anxious you will notice that all of your anxiety symptoms become easier and easier to manage. Anxiety is kind of like quick sand the more you fight against it the worse it gets.

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.

Our world is busy and most of us have a lot of pressures and expectations on us. There are a number of important strategies to deal with life’s stressors. How we approach stress makes a big difference! Anxiety is when we feel a lot of fear and worry and experience life events as more threatening than they actually are. In addition to strategies for anxiety it’s is helpful to unravel the thoughts and beliefs systems that cultivate it.

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.

We live in a fast passed society with a lot of time lines and pressures. Many people are unaware of how their approach to these stressors can increase the sensations of anxiety. Fortunately, there are many ways of decreasing anxiety. Identifying ways of thinking and behaving that increase anxiety introduces the possibility of change. It is life changing to discover that the fearful thoughts and beliefs that have been leading you to anxiety, can be uncovered and transformed into more helpful beliefs that enable you to feel happier and improve relationships.

In my approach to anxiety and stress, I provide clients with tools to feel calmer and more in control. This might include simple techniques like mindfulness, breathing techniques, grounding exercises or reframing thoughts. For those who want to explore further, we can look at the deeper causes of anxiety in a safe, supportive space. Together, we work to heal and create lasting change. I aim to help clients feel more at ease and better equipped to face life’s challenges.

Anxiety and stress are experienced by most psychotherapy clients who come here. People usually find my approach helpful whether or not they identify anxiety/stress as a primary condition for treatment. I always aim to adjust my treatment approach to the individual characteristics and needs of my client. Sometimes situations and systems can be addressed and improved; sometimes all that a person can change is their own attitude. I am able to use verbal, visusalization, and altered state strategies for helping people grow past fear.

[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

Daily life inevitably brings with it a certain level of anxiety and stress, that everybody experiences to some degree. Are you finding yourself too overwhelmed by the stress and confusion? I can work with you to develop strategies and coping methods so that these stressful situations are manageable. We can work together to ensure that you have the tools to balance the areas of your life that are causing you stress, whether they are relationship, work or health related.

This is a favourite area of mine to work in as strange as that may sound! Firstly, it's such a painful and sensitive area for many people as we are often talking about the things most important to you! That's why it's so stressful and anxiety-provoking! Second, it's honestly so rewarding when a client shares they are making progress in this area! I help people in a variety of ways in this area and we work towards finding what strategies are most useful for them.

Anxiety and stress are common and normal experiences, but they can be debilitating if not managed. Targeting clients' relationship to their own anxiety and stress is critical to moving beyond coping and toward lasting improvement. I use multiple therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Family Systems therapy.

Anxiety and stress can be adaptive in small doses- it can help give us the motivation to study harder for a test, or practice before an important presentation. In large doses, however, anxiety can be paralyzing. It can cause us to miss work, have panic attacks, or feel irritable or moody. This is when treatment becomes necessary. We use evidence-based therapy to help you achieve results. We will help you identify your own triggers, and teach you skills and tools that you can use to help you manage your anxiety.

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@kevinflemingphd.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 often feels like constant overthinking, tightness in the body, or an inability to rest—even when nothing is technically wrong. Stress builds silently until it affects focus, sleep, and relationships. In therapy, I help clients understand their stress responses, interrupt anxious thought loops, and develop tools that bring relief and control. My approach is structured, practical, and grounded in real-world application. Together, we reduce pressure and build emotional clarity so you can respond—not just react—to life’s demands.

Anxiety and stress management is my primary specialty. Anxiety takes many different forms - whether it is the constant on edge and I have to fix it feeling, the perpetual what-if and worrying cycle, your mind racing each time you try to relax, or that 'wired' feeling in the body. I draw from a variety of counselling modalities depending on what fits you best - this might include looking at your thoughts and core beliefs, getting to work more on your value system and knowing what matters, or bringing more compassion to yourself. You can expect to learn strategies you can use between sessions, so you can spend less time in therapy and more time connecting to what matters.

Stress is a normal part of everyday life. But too much stress can be counter-productive and overwhelming and can lead to the development of anxiety related issues. Stress in children is estimated to have increased 45% over the past 30 years. Building emotional health and resiliency can help children, teens and adults who are struggling with the issues of stress/anxiety regain control and improve their ability to function in every day life again. Learning how to maintain a healthy internal balance in the face of new challenges is the key to embracing the levels of stress we need to grow as individuals.

I use thought challenges, psychoeducation, and coping skills to help clients interrupt racing thoughts and evaluate their thinking processes. Part of controlling these thoughts includes understanding their origin and progression. It is not always easy to slow down our thoughts and process our worries from a more clear perspective, but I aim to guide clients in this direction.

Pregnancy and parenthood can bring about a lot of stress and anxiety. From stress about pregnancy to postpartum anxiety to stress about parenting decisions, anxiety can impact lives in a variety of ways. Help reduce the anxiety and overwhelm you are feeling in parenthood by getting support from the compassionate and knowledgeable team at Nest Integrative Wellness.