Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Atlanta, GA.

For good reason, stress has been referred to as "the silent killer," as it can lead to heart problems and high blood pressure: Definitely something worth taking care of! Therapy is the perfect setting for those interested in reducing their stress and gaining control over the lives and their health. Many clients have commented to me that if only they knew how enjoyable therapy is, they would have come years ago. Those who have experienced good therapy know that it can be a safe haven from a stressful and anxiety provoking world.

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.

When working on anxiety and stress with me, you will learn about how the brain works when it responds with anxiety or fear. You will learn techniques for calming this anxiety response down so that you can live life more fully and more relaxed again. You will learn methods of self-care to help you manage every day stress and major stressful events.

Anxiety and Stress usually have both physical and mental symptoms. Physical symptoms like sweating, nausea, difficulty breathing, tense muscles, and rapid heart rate. And mental symptoms like racing thoughts, easily getting distracted, or not being able to turn your mind off. I can help you become aware of your reaction to anxiety and stress, both physically and mentally, and develop coping strategies to manage these symptoms so you can feel relief. I can teach you relaxation strategies and mindful exercises. I can help you examine your thinking patterns in an effort to reframe and reprogram them, as a lot of anxiety is caused by the way we think about things.

Who doesn’t suffer from anxiety and stress to some degree? We live in an anxious and stressful world. If you find yourself burdened by anxiety and stress, let me help you learn to not only reduce your worries, but learn to live in a way where anxiety and stress doesn’t paralyze you or cause you to miss out on life. I’ve taught countless people easy strategies to live with “normal” stress and anxiety in ways that can actually improve your life instead of decreasing the quality of it. Contact me today to find out how you can learn to “regulate your nervous system.” I like that much better than “manage stress.”

Psychoanalytic treatment creates a space where you can speak freely to anxiety, fear, trauma, and stress. It is often the case that this highly specific way of speaking alleviates symptoms associated with anxiety, fear, trauma and stress. If the treatment is of sufficient length, it also allows the patient to access the structures, patterns and repetitions underlying their anxiety, fear, trauma or stress. It is often quite difficult to change these patterns and repetitions as they are what we know, what we are familiar with. The work with the psychoanalytically oriented therapist supports changes in these patterns and supports you as you make your way into new territory.

Anxiety and Stress are very common today. We live in a high stimulation environment. I am experienced working with issues such as work-related stress, personal stress and trauma. Understanding how to reduce your stress begins with taking the time to explore. I can help. Anxiety has to do with how we process external stimulation and/or our concerns for our future needs and/or biochemical imbalances that we may have. First, we determine where your anxiety is coming from and go from there. I approach both the short term and long term needs you may require. Therapy sessions can be a first step to relieve your anxiety and stress and give you the relief you seek!

Unfortunately we all can relate to feeling overwhelmed and “stressed out.” We help clients focus on the physical and emotional effects of stress, the unhealthy ways we normally try to “cope,” and learn positive techniques for coping in healthy ways. There are a number of effective strategies that help with managing and reducing stress. Anxiety can be result of prolonged or intense stress. It can also be more biochemical in nature. We take a varied approach to dealing with anxiety so that our clients experience relief from what can be debilitating symptoms. Panic and anxiety are our body's way of saying something is wrong. Let us help figure how what to change so that you can live freely.

Anxiety is a part if most people's lives however sometimes that anxiety can be debilitating. Looking at dysfunctional thought patterns and changing them frees many from living in a state of fear. Our thought can keep us in a loop like a merry go round that we can't escape. I am able to help clients break these loop patterns and create new functional patterns that free them It is time to quit living a life based on lies from the past.

Overwhelmed with life? Need someone to talk to or decompress with? I create a place where you can come and "just be," whatever that looks like to you. I provide an abundance of ways to help you manage your stress and how to release it in a healthy manner. I encourage you to explore situations from perspectives that you may not of known could exist. When life engulfs you, allow me to guide you in discovering your inner strength.

Stress Management and Relaxation Techniques to include deep breathing exercises will be provided. Therapist utilizes CBT, Thought Stopping/Reframing techniques, Positive Self Talk, Anger Management, Solution Focused, Problem Solving, Effective Communication and various techniques to help client's manage stress and anxiety that individuals experience due to life stressors and or demands.

Anxiety & Stress-Reducing Therapies are approached in a highly individualized manner--taking into account the client's background, personality factors, family history, emotional history, and their future goals and ambitions. This approach may include subconscious, unconscious, pre-conscious, &/or conscious techniques. This approach may also involve taking into account personality & emotional factors that are specific to the client. Anxiety is a Specialty for our practice, and we offer clients a plethora of strategies to successfully address it.

Dr. Smith provides individual, couples, and family therapy to adults and adolescents. His areas of interest include depression, anxiety and stress management, relationship difficulties, divorce issues, grief and loss, and men's issues. Working from a cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal approach, the goal of his therapeutic work is to help individuals identify and change maladaptive life patterns, develop more balanced attitudes towards themselves and others, develop more satisfying relationships, and improve their ability to manage stress and anxiety.