Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Port Alberni, BC.

I have a passion for working with clients who struggle with anxiety and stress. Using CBT techniques, I work with you to identify your personal triggers and how they spark feelings of anxiety and ruminating thoughts. We explore how these thoughts and feelings impact your actions (such as avoidance, procrastination, removal of the trigger, etc.) and implement strategies to break this cycle. I also offer counselling for stress and burnout. We explore the sources of your stress and how to release tension from your body. Possible strategies may include creating a self-care routine, building your support network, and experimenting with evidence-based practices for relieving stress.

Olivia excels in helping clients navigate anxiety and stress, whether brought on by life’s natural demands, unexpected changes, or anticipated transitions. She understands how these challenges can impact emotional and physical well-being and offers a safe space for clients to process their experiences. Through counseling, Olivia provides practical coping mechanisms and strategies to help clients manage their stress and reduce anxiety effectively. Her approach emphasizes understanding the root causes of anxiety while equipping clients with tools to build resilience. Olivia’s compassionate guidance empowers clients to face life’s uncertainties with confidence and balance.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Insidious. This word perfectly describes the rising feeling of worry, stress and eventually panic as it slithers along in the back of your mind, invoking feelings of doubt, dismay and dread. However, there are many ways to fight back against the rising tide of frothing fear that eats away at your day while you procrastinate against accomplishing anything at all due to the anxiety you feel that encircles that project like the moat of a Castle that needs to be conquered. Handling anxiety involves finding ways and approaches that already work for you, and learning to expand upon them till you are sheathed in proverbial armor, allowing yourself to face the day without feeling overwhelmed.