Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Comox, BC.

If you live with ADHD, you may notice anxiety and stress show up more often because of racing thoughts, difficulty staying organized, or the constant pressure to keep up with work, relationships, and daily life. In our sessions, we’ll work together using a strength-based, affirming approach to help you understand how your ADHD contributes to these feelings. You’ll learn coping strategies, supportive routines, and practical systems that work with your brain, helping you feel more grounded, confident, and capable in managing life’s demands.

Common treatment for anxiety and stress includes a combination of cognitive behavioural therapy, stress management techniques and having a good self care plan (things you actively do to nurture yourself: walking, swimming, Yoga, mediation, volunteering). For deeper and longstanding issues, psychodynamic approaches tend to be more successful at reaching some point of resolution. Should anxiety and stress negatively impact your quality of life, be it immediate crisis, or longstanding, I can help you move to taking control of your life circumstances (stressors), an alleviate the stress your experiencing.

I approach anxiety counseling with a professional and evidence-based methodology, ensuring that you receive the utmost quality of care. Drawing from a robust background in psychology, education, and therapy, I am well-prepared to navigate the intricacies of anxiety and its impact on your life. While anxiety is a natural response to stress, I recognize that, for some, it can become overwhelming and disruptive. It may manifest in various forms, such as generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, panic disorder, or specific phobias. Together we will implement proved techniques to relieve you of the anxiety that is impacting your well-being.

Anxiety can severely impact the quality of a person's life. It can impact their sleep, work, relationships, school, and their physical health. Sometimes, anxiety can become so intense that people experience physical symptoms like sweating, heart racing, dizziness, nausea, etc. The good news is that there are effective psychological treatments for anxiety. CBT (Cognitive behavioural therapy), which is the type of therapy I practice, is an evidence-based approach that provides individuals with skills to help manage their anxiety and get control over their lives back.

Therapy with me provides a calm, supportive space to help you understand and manage anxiety and stress. Together, we'll explore what's fueling your worry, calm your nervous system, and build practical strategies to regain a sense of control and ease. Whether anxiety shows up as racing thoughts, tension, or overwhelm, you don't have to navigate it alone. Our work will help you feel more grounded, resilient and able to face life's challenges with greater clarity and confidence.

Anxiety can feel relentless — tight chest, racing mind, constant what-ifs. I support people as they attempt to break free from those cycles. In our work, you’ll learn how anxiety operates in your nervous system, why it keeps showing up, and how to respond to it differently. Using practical strategies and a steady therapeutic presence, we’ll reduce overwhelm and restore a sense of clarity and control. You don’t have to keep living in fight-or-flight.

At Soul Fire Counselling, we recognize that anxiety and stress can cast a shadow over every facet of your life, from your career to your personal connections. Our mission is to illuminate your path with a personalized approach that delves deep into the heart of your struggles. In our nurturing and empathetic space, we work together to uncover the underlying causes of your distress. By equipping you with innovative tools and strategies, we empower you to reclaim your inner harmony and thrive with renewed vitality.

We live in a fast paced 24/7 world dealing with social media, technology and lots of things to worry about in the media. No wonder we are all a little anxious these days. I will help you change your relationship with your thoughts so they have less power and control over you. When we give in and avoid things due to anxiety we end up feeling pretty isolated. I will teach you tools and strategies to get through your stress and anxiety.

Anxiety is a powerful and normal human response that can be either positive or negative depending on how it is experienced and perceived. There can be a range of symptoms. In counselling sessions we will identify what type of anxiety you may be experiencing, explore triggers that may bring on the anxious feelings, thoughts processes that may be contributing as well as some of your daily behaviours. Benefits to treating anxiety issues are endless and can be life transforming on a day to day basis as well as long term enhancing of your life.