Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Cornelius, NC.

Working through anxiety and stress within the experiential model the client receives immediate feedback of strengths, obstacles, and opportunities for behavior change to learn, practice and develop coping skills. The experiential process is structured for the client to gain awareness to thoughts, feelings, and behaviors associated with the anxiety inducing circumstances as they may be rooted to the past and causing dysfunction in the present. The immediacy of this process provides opportunities to process emotions, practice relaxation and diversion techniques, and cognitive-behavioral techniques to work through the anxiety and stress inducing experience with support of the therapist.

Anxiety is a natural reaction to danger, a signaling system that protects us. But when anxiety is uncontrolled, it interferes terribly with the quality of life. Anxiety often responds well and quickly to treatment, but active client participation is key. The severity and type of anxiety presented determine the type of interventions used. I combine psychoeducation, psychotherapy, referrals for medication and/or recommendations for natural remedies. I help clients address general, pervasive anxiety, obsessive-compulsive anxiety, hoarding disorder (with collecting and acquiring), panic attacks, social anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and situational adjustment anxiety. Such problems are appropriate for Telemental health therapy when the problem severity is mild to moderate.

Often Anxiety and stress are caused by fears; fear of being imperfect, not enough, not accepted, not valued. These fears are often lies that they have been believing for quite a while. I work with clients to identify the lies they are believing, stop that believe and begin to tell themselves the truth about who they are. This empowers them and increase their self-esteem and confidence.