Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Pahokee, FL.

We all have stress and anxiety in our lives. However, there is a difference, stress is a response to a threat or fear in a situation. Anxiety is reaction to stress. You can experience stress regularly or in good times and bad. If it interferes with your daily functioning and is chronic it can affect your health, cause physical symptoms: headaches, high blood pressure, and chest pain to heart palpitations, skin rashes, and loss of sleep. Together we can learn how to reduce the impact of stress and manage your symptoms.

Constant worrying and feeling stressed out does not have to be your normal! Anxiety tells us that we need to avoid, avoid, avoid. We think if we avoid the things we fear, then the anxiety will go away but that's actually how we inadvertently make our anxiety worse. Through CBT and ERP, you will learn the tools to face your anxiety and increase your tolerance for the feelings that come along with it. By facing your anxiety, you can make choices that lead to doing the things you love most. In therapy, you'll also learn coping skills and be able to express your worries in a supportive space.

I work with my clients to develop a treatment plan that is specific to his/her level of anxiety and stress. Working with the client and using an eclectic approach we identify the triggers of the anxiety or stress. We are then able to create a treatment plan focused on extinguishing or minimizing the anxiety or stress. Mindfulness activities, breathing exercises, art therapy, guided meditation, Buddha boards, kinetic sand trays, crystals are some of the tools I teach my clients how to use, and they are able to use these tools at home, work, or school with relative ease.

Stress is a normal part of everyone's lives, however, when left unmanaged it can become overwhelming. We help our clients to manage stress and reduce anxious symptoms by holding safe therapeutic space for them to work through difficult emotions and experiences in a supportive environment. Anxiety can be caused by many different factors and can be temporary or chronic. Processing traumatic experiences and gaining perspective into what is contributing to your symptoms can shed light on how to lessen the severity and have more good days than bad. We will utilize therapy techniques tailored to your specific needs to assist you in making progress.

As a high-achieving man, anxiety and stress comes with the territory. And you wouldn’t be where you are today in life unless you’ve handled it pretty well until now. But most successful men find that anxiety eventually impacts them. Whether it’s slowly been eating at you for years, or you’ve just experienced your first panic attack, you’re not going crazy. There are solutions, and this can get better. I help men learn practical stress-management techniques, but I don’t stop there. I also help them identify the root causes of their stress and anxiety, and use research-proven EMDR therapy to systematically target them. The results are measurable, evidenced by deeper calm and clarity of mind.

If you are suffering from anxiety and stress, you are wasting a great deal of energy. Through professional counseling with me, you can explore what trigers your anxiety and stress and work on quick ways to restore your peace of mind. I offer unconditional acceptance so that you are free to share you innermost thoughts without fear of judgement. I will guide you through the process of self-discovery and healing.

Stress is a "funny" thing in the fact that you can be under it and not be aware of bring stressed. This type of stress is very subtle and dangerous. Some stress is good however, too much over too long a time period is bad. The stress hormones will lower our immune system as well as affect us emotionally. At Gateway we can help you manage stress since you can never eliminate it completely from your life. You don't have to face anxiety and stress alone, give us a call.

Anxiety and stress, if not clinically addressed, can make you physically sick. In fact, it can even shorten your life span. Even in the busy and hectic world we all live in, anxiety and stress can be managed at healthy levels. If you suspect that you suffer from an anxiety disorder, such as panic disorder or a phobia, the odds of recovering are very high. Since treating anxiety disorders is a specialty of mine, people who consult with me on these issues have a high rate of success. Don't wait it out any longer.

We hold our anxiety and stress in our body. We feel tension, gut problems, hot flashes, disrupted sleep and more. I work with anxiety and stress by helping individuals learn and develop tools to re-regulate their nervous system. When we have a coherent and fluid nervous system, we can do difficult things without feeling paralyzed by overwhelming fear.

There is no way to live in this world without appropriate anxiety and an amount of "stress." But for many people, being afraid, scared or fearful has gone beyond the normal ideal and resulted in panic attacks, chronic anxiety, insomnia, obsessive fears and catastrophic thinking. Successful therapy with me will integrate insight and understanding with relaxation techniques, cognitive-behavioral techniques, meditation/auto suggestion/imaging and an individualized approach based on your history, presenting problems and situation. There is no reason to remain dysfunctional or live below the level of your best self when good psychotherapy can help you understand and resolve your conflicts.

Are you nervous a lot of the time? Isn’t it uncomfortable? And it doesn’t help to just be told to ‘calm down’. I am a highly trained clinical psychologist with years of both academic and clinical experience. I truly empathize with your emotional state(s) and can assist in improving your overall quality of life. How might this look? First, when you and I meet, you get support and time to just chat. This in itself can begin to lessen one’s stress. Together we can locate exactly what is making you anxious, and why. And then you and I create ways of decreasing your nervousness, and increasing your comfort level! Life can start to feel better when one’s anxiety is properly attended to.