Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Chester, NS.

If depression is the common cold of mental health then anxiety and stress must be the flue. Most of my clients have some level of anxiety or stress. Often debilitating anxiety has its roots in trauma or abuse. I teach a wide range of meditation and relaxation techniques developed over my 30+ years of counselling experience that I use myself on a daily basis - with variations that my clients over the years have come up with on their own. Even if you have tried to relax or meditate before this and found it difficult or impossible, there are techniques that can help you learn to be still and have peace even in the face of danger, anxiety, or fear.

Stress and anxiety is a common mental health concern and something that every person will experience from time to time to varing degrees. In therapy, I will help you decrease anxious distress and find better functioning. I use cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques aimed at identifying the underlying thought, beliefs, and feelings that lead to distress. I will also help you establish coping skills to help you manage anxiety such as challenging unhelpful thought patterns, grounding, mindfulness, deep breathing techniques, progressive muscle relaxation, positive imagery, and much more.

While our bodies are perfectly designed to adapt and react to stress, modern problems mean that we tend to detect life threatening dangers in very ordinary places. Conflicts at work, arguments in our relationships and uncertainties such as the post-Covid world activate old survival mechanisms. We may be stuck in the buzzing, fear states of ‘fight-flight’ or the numb and paralyzed states of ‘freeze and shut down.’ The good news is that I have a long history of safely and successfully helping individuals and couples to reduce and release stress using a variety of CBT and mindfulness techniques, as well as trauma-informed therapy. You have my commitment to compassionate and educated care.

Anxiety is a common yet complex complaint. There are different sources of anxiety. Through evolution we have been hardwired to experience fear. It takes practise and a good therapeutic alliance to overcome habitual patterns. My approach with certain clients is centered on the model of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy. There will be times that a combination of therapies will best suit the needs of clients. Other therapies that may be used include those that have been shown to help reduce symptoms of anxiety mainly therapies including emotion focus, Mindfulness Meditation practises, autosuggestion and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Clients struggling with stress and anxiety who work with....

Anxiety and stress have increased greatly over the last couple of years and many are still dealing with the effects of a global pandemic. But the pandemic didn't create these conditions, they merely highlighted them. Stress and anxiety affect our brains, our body, our mood and our overall health. A reduction in stress and anxiety can not only increase health, both mental and physical but bring more happiness, joy and peace. Learn how to reduce anxiety and the related symptoms with full support.