Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in St Albert, AB.

Anxiety Counselling by our experienced Therapists will help you • Find the true reason for your fears • See difficult situations in a more positive way • Developing skills to calm yourself in tough situation whenever you want • Become more confident in yourself and socialize with others • Understand your emotions and accept the reality of your situation • Learn skills that can help you to control your emotion and thoughts from affecting you in bad way • Engage in self care activities such as exercise, meditation, eating healthy, spirituality to reduce the effect of stress

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 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

Stress and anxiety are often a part of our daily lives in modern culture. Managed effectively, feelings of stress and anxiety can be helpful forces that prompt us to learn new skills and stretch our comfort zone. When stress and anxiety are not well managed, however, these feelings can interfere with our ability to function and enjoy daily life. At The Counselling Space, our therapists rely of a variety of counselling approaches to support our clients to clarify the sources of these uncomfortable emotions, recognize the difference between "what I can control" and "what I can't control" as well as learn new tools and strategies to express and cope with their emotions.

Anxiety falls along a continuum from acceptable to crippling, debilitating anxiety requiring professional intervention. The major forms that anxiety takes are: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Panic Disorder, Phobic Disorders, Social Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD). A variety of proven therapeutic interventions are well established now, eg., Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Yoga, Tai Chi, Breathwork. By diving into therapy clients regain a sense of optimism, courage and confidence in relationships, workplace and career, driving, aging, life transitions and more.

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

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.

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.

Managing stress and anxiety is all about taking charge to develop a sense of control, or an understanding that ther are things you don't need to control. Taking charge of your thoughts, your emotions, your schedule, your environment, and the way you deal with problems feels empowering. The ultimate goal to decreasing stress and anxiety is by developing a balanced life, with time for work, relationships, relaxation, and fun, having positive thinking – plus the resilience to hold up under pressure and meet challenges head on.

Our therapist Lisa Best specialized in managing the many physical and mental symptoms that are associated with anxiety. She has published a book in 2021 for practitioners and individuals who are seeking help in minimizing anxiety and learning to embrace what they don't know through trust. Client can learn how to: - Release control - Trusting yourself and others - Setting health boundaries - Reduce being reactive or impulsive - Reduce prolonged worrying - Reduce catastrophic thinking / negative mindset - Learn to control and eliminate panic attacks - Learn how the vagus nerve can reduce physical symptoms of anxiety and panic