Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Kelowna, BC.

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.

I offer Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that examine the relationship between triggers, thoughts/beliefs, and emotional reactions related to anxiety and stress. You will explore how certain thinking styles negatively impact how you experience life. You also will identify strategies in sessions to apply to real life situations. ​ I offer a wide range of therapy services for Adults (16 yeas of age and older). I have an eclectic approach to therapy that draws from a variety of treatment modalities, ranging from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to a mindfulness based approach, eye movement desensitization, behavioral, and creative therapies.

Struggles with Anxiety and distress can both result from distress in relationships and precipitate distress. Support in addressing these issues can have a signifiacant positive impact on overall relationship functioning. The fact that relationships are one of our primary coping mechanisms multiplies the potential distress when these are present as ithey impact the very mechanisms we use to cope.

Anxiety and stress are normal responses to life events, work and relationship/family pressures, and worry and fear. In therapy we can explore the context of your life and relationships and how these relate to the stress and anxiety. Through individual or family counselling we can develop goals and strategies for addressing the stress or anxiety. I utilize therapeutic interventions from Response-Based Practice, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Endless angst, fear, and stressors. Dragons and Death Eaters to terrify us! To repeat in our heads that we are not good enough, strong enough, cute enough, smart enough, and that we will surely fail. Mark Twain of Tom Sawyer fame said "I have faced many fears in my life, half of which were real". He was right however, some of our fears are real. Our task is to sort out which are real and which aren't. Once this is done we must learn how to be anxious productively. To avoid being scared silly. To resolve and free ourselves of the stressors and fears that risk stealing our sunshine. To learn to be anxious or scared smart! Call me and let's find that strategy for you!

Life presents us with a lot of challenges and the stress of it can lead to burnout. I can help you navigate your stessors, create healthy boundaries, and find ways to calm your mind and body in the face of big challenges. You may not be able to change you situation, but you can learn how to live with it and transform yourself in the process. Anxiety is a symptom of a brain and body that are continually activated, or totally paralyzed. Don't let anxiety stop you from living your life to your potential--reach out and learn how get a handle on it to make things better for yourself and in your relationships.

I am certified in cognitive behavioural therapy for children and youth, but I work with people of all ages to decrease their experience of anxiety, stress, discomfort and fear. Through teaching real skills, I will help you overcome phobias, obsessive compulsive behaviours, generalized anxiety, social anxiety and other fear-based responses. Without anxiety and stress dictating how you feel and react, you will be able to adapt and learn from the many experiences of life.

Anxiety is typical for all sentient beings and necessary for our survival. Some people tend to have much more negative imaginations (creative thinkers), which inevitably causes tremendous distress. We will help you talk back the negative thoughts and replace them with more realistic thinking. We use a variety of approaches to arm clients with several tools that have produced long-lasting results. We know how difficult it is for anxiety suffers to come for an in-office session, so clients are offered telephone, online, and/or email sessions until they are ready for a face to face appointment. We care and will help you live your best life.

If you're struggling with anxious thoughts, you may find it hard to focus. The fight or flight alarm is going off in your brain, constantly sending you messages starting with "what if...." If worrying is keeping you trapped in a hamster wheel, tired, but unable to rest, you may find yourself turning to addictive substances or behaviours to cope. As an addiction counsellor, I help clients cope with the anxious thoughts keeping them trapped in addictive behaviours. By uncovering these underlying thoughts, I help you develop coping skills so you can gain a sense of focus, clarity, confidence, and freedom from constantly overthinking. Send me a message and I'll guide you through the next steps.

I use ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) which is a mindfulness based approach to managing anxiety. We look at what can be controlled (what you do with your hands and feet) and what cannot be controlled (feelings and emotions). Mindfulness exercises are taught to help regulate emotions in the moment. Just a hint: We cannot turn our anxiety on or off like a light switch so we must learn to live with our anxiety.

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.

Anxiety and stress are common, but then can become a problem when we start to worry about things that have not yet happened or we experience intense feelings of panic that are characterized by persistent worry about activities, people or events. Anxiety and stress can be caused by a mental disorder, adverse life events, and numerous other factors. Whether you find yourself thinking excessively about future events, panicking on a weekly basis, or unable to fall asleep at night, we will work with you to establish mechanisms to help you manage the symptoms of anxiety of stress. These include grounding techniques, mindfulness techniques, and physiological coping skills to manage.

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.

Therapy for anxiety and stress will often involve a two-pronged approach that includes both treatment and prevention. This may mean engaging in therapeutic activities to help decrease the experience of symptoms of anxiety and provide tools to help cope with anxiety, but will also likely involve exploring more deeply rooted issues that lie at the heart of an individual's anxiety.

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.

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.

Anxiety and stress are things we all feel, and part of a normal human experience. However, living with anxiety or stress day in and day out, feeling like we can no longer cope, or wondering how we can even survive, or if we even want to, is not! Just like pain in your body tells you something there is something that needs attending to, anxiety and stress are also a part of your body's way of letting you know it's time to seek help, too. That's what I am here for. I can not only help you to find out exactly what it is that is causing your anxiety and stress, but can also help you to deal with is so you can better cope, and feel free again. If you feel you're "at the end of your rope", please contact me.

Feelings of anxiety can become so intense that it becomes overwhelming. Often individuals struggling with anxiety express constant intruding thoughts that focus on fears of events of the future. Anxiety can create physical feelings of distress like a tight chest that makes it difficult to breath, an upset or tight feeling in the stomach, and general fatigue from constantly trying to control their thoughts and actions. Some people have battled anxiety for so long that they begin to believe it is just who they are and accept the restrictions it causes in their life. Through counselling we will work to break the cycle of anxiety controlling your inner world. Bringing a sense of relief, control and freedom that has been absent for so long.

Anxiety and stress can be paralyzing, and keep you from living your best life. Counselling can help you identify the overwhelming aspects in your life and come up with specific ways to make them a little more bearable. By understanding the processes behind stress and anxiety, you can recognize when you are getting "stressed out." I will help you make a plan to reduce or even eliminate the anxiety and stress you feel!

Purposefully identifying problematic patterns in thinking that aren’t serving you, assist in build new skills, and help you understand how your brain and nervous system function together to help you move through anxiety and depression. I offer a positive relationship where you feel heard, understood, and accepted which will help you almost immediately in gaining control over your anxiety and depression.

Many people are stuck in highly activated states such as anxiety, anger or tension in the body. This is due to the fact that the parasympathetic part of your nervous system is not functioning as well as it could. Using somatic experiencing therapy, Robin can effectively help you to build more capacity so that your body can return to a more settled state and sense of well being.

Do you feel stuck, like you are spiralling out of control, or maybe in a constant sense of unease? Are you tired of being controlled by fear? When we feel threatened and alone, we learn quickly what we need to do to survive. Unfortunately over time, flight or flight reactions will wear us down and won't help us thrive. Together, we can make sense of your symptoms, soothe your distress, and provide you with a sense of freedom and relief.

My office is a safe space to express any thoughts and feelings about your life in complete confidence. Sharing painful experiences under the Witness of an empathic human being has incredible healing power. Within this therapeutic relationship, we can use mindfullness practices, progressive muscle-relaxation, and Cognitive Therapy to transform your experience of stress into the present, balanced, and relaxed way of living that you have not had in a very, very long time.

Our focus is to support individuals who are struggling with anxiety and stress to a more relaxed and manageable way of being. Not only is stress and anxiety hard on our health and energy, but it also can have a significant impact on our world around us. We will work in a collaborative manor to break apart the building blocks that have contributed to the imbalance of anxiety and stress in your life, and empower you with the tools and techniques to remain in balance.

Stress is a normal part of life. Sometimes stress and anxiety can be barriers to living the life you really want. It's important to understand the thinking patterns that affect our emotional responses. Counseling will help you become more mindful. Paying close attention to negative, fearful and stress producing thoughts.We will also explore underlying issues, determine triggers and learn to calm your body which affects your thoughts.Finally, we will work towards developing your inner strength necessary to constructively respond to life challenges.