Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Lakewood, CO.

Anxiety, worry, fear, panic, stress - these are normal parts of life. If anxiety or worry is causing problems for you, we can help you to learn how to manage life without having so much stress and worry that your happiness and health are affected. We will take a look at how your emotions, mood, thoughts, and actions all play a role in making anxiety and stress worse. We can also work with your loved ones to help the whole family bring stress levels down. You can have more control over your experience and free yourself from the prison that chronic anxiety causes.

How much is your anxiety costing you? Individuals who suffer from anxiety and chronic stress are less productive at work and are more likely to call in sick. They are 3-5 times more likely to go to the doctor as anxiety often feels like physical illness. Their relationships with family and friends suffer or are sometimes cut off completely. Counseling is the single most effective treatment for anxiety and stress, and the benefits begin immediately. Call today to get started: (970) 227-2770.

Lao Tzu said, "If you're anxious, it's because you're living in the future. If you're at peace, it's because you're living in the present." Often anxiety looks like leaving the present moment and projecting into the future, trying to think 10 steps ahead about things that haven't happened yet. This future thinking leads to stress in the present. I teach clients how to tune into their emotions (including anxiety), their bodies (as an anchor to the present moment) and move through anxiety as it arises using their breath. Anxiety and stress don't have to run your life. I'm here to support you in regulating your anxiety and stress by staying with yourself in the present moment.

Anxiety is the body’s alarm system working overtime. My approach blends mindfulness and somatic regulation to help your nervous system discern real threat from old conditioning. Instead of managing symptoms, we teach your body how to stand down. As you learn to notice without bracing, your body recalibrates. Over time, anxiety becomes less of an enemy and more of a message that no longer needs to shout. The goal isn’t to eliminate anxiety, but rather to build a steadier baseline where calm feels safe again.

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@kevinflemingphd.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.

I believe that there are certain levels of Anxiety and Stress that can be a positive influence for each of us. It is when Anxiety and Stress start to negatively impact our lives that we need to begin the work to discover how we can implement change. My goal as a therapist is to help you explore where the Anxiety and Stress are coming from and to help you make educated choices about how you want to transform.

Without a little anxiety and stress, we would be a lot like jelly fish; shapeless blobs kind of floating around. Stress and anxiety can be great motivators, but sometimes they end up running the show. Managing fears, stress and anxiety means learning a new approach to uncertainty and conflict. We will develop a strategy that works for you and identify tools you can use to be calm, cool and collected when you really need to be.