Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Powell River, BC.

Anxiety is an illness where we take our concerns and experiences and project them into the future to the extent that some people experience all the stress of a negative outcome. Postpartum anxiety is a particular interest to me as it often is ignored when a woman doesn't present with postpartum depression. Mindfulness based cognitive behavioural therapy and group therapy are two approaches I use. I love it when a group of women I gathered connect after the sessions are over. That community made for them is my benchmark for success.

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.

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 body and minds are all wired differently, this and the experiences we have shape the way we physically and mentally respond to anxiety and stress. I will help you build and practice strategies that effectively bring your anxiety and stress levels down. Then explore where the anxiety and stress originate from so we can heal these parts that are tirelessly on guard. While everyone’s natural set points for anxiety and stress differ, we will work together to get you to a state of feeling in control of your body and mind, and better able to enjoy life.