Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in St Charles, ON.

Who hasn't felt anxious or stressed in life?! Anxiety and stress often show up as racing thoughts, sleepless nights, tight chests, and a relentless inner critic. Whether you suffer from gereralized anxiety, social anxiety, panic or crushing self-doubt, my goal is to offer a calm, steady presence and practical tools grounded in CBT, ACT, and mindfulness to help you slow the spin, quiet the noise, and (literally) breathe again. As a psychologist—and as a person shaped by my own life’s pressures, stresses, and challenges —I can meet you with empathy, not judgment. Together, we’ll create space for clarity, courage, calm, and resilience. When our rational minds fail us... therapy saves the day!

The experience of stress and anxiety can be a challenging one to navigate alone. Throughout sessions, we will work to understand activators of stress and anxiety, develop management tools that serve you best, and explore the various meanings and purposes that stress and anxiety serve in your life. Contact me for a free consultation to learn more about my approach and to see if we would be a good fit.

Is anxiety or stress overwhelming your life? You don't have to face it alone. I’m Simona Ilieva, a Registered Psychotherapist specializing in anxiety and stress management. Together, we’ll explore the root causes of your stress, learn techniques to reduce anxiety, and create personalized strategies to regain control. Whether you're facing daily pressures or chronic anxiety, I’m here to support you in finding balance and inner calm. With the right tools and guidance, you can break free from the cycle of stress and start living a more peaceful, fulfilling life. Let's take that step together. Book a free consultation today.

Bettina Kealy, B.A., M.A., R.P. provides Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and other appropriate counselling modalities to address symptoms of anxiety. Many individuals struggle with anxiety and stress due to lifestyle issues, poor work-life balance and the growing demands of our society. Psychotherapy assists the client in facilitating necessary changes to their thought process and behaviour to reduce and eliminate their symptoms.

I love working with people who wrestle with anxiety and stress, I love it because of the difference I witness in the lives and experiences of my clients. Employing a blend of mindfulness, somatic experiencing and neuroscience (polyvagal) techniques, the felt experience of anxiety can be managed in an entirely new way for you, and can lead to profound change in your life. I can not make it so that you never feel anxious again, but we can work to help you learn what to do when you experience the familiar sensations of anxiety, so that it doesn't take over your thoughts, body and life.

At Belland Psychotherapy, we do not believe you woke up one day deciding to be anxious. That is why we will work with you to help you not only understand how anxiety presents in the body but also assist you identify thoughts, beliefs, and responses that you have that may be increasing your anxious symptoms. After, we will assist you in addressing these anxious symptoms and provide you with practical strategies to reduce your anxiety on a daily basis.

While anxiety and stress in small amounts can be a helpful source of information, too much can become overwhelming and even interfere with our daily lives. Therapy can be a space to explore the impacts of anxiety and how it may have become engrained into your self-narrative. You and I can work together to co-create coping strategies that are unique to your specific situation. Contact me to book a free consultation so we can decide together if we would be a good fit.

Anxiety is something that everyone is familiar with. But when it becomes an overconsuming, uncontrollable, paralyzing, gut-wrenching and exhausting experience in your life, you know that something needs to change but you are not sure how. You do not have to “suffer through it” or “wait till it passes”. Various psychotherapy approaches have shown to be effective when dealing with anxiety and it is an issue that I work with the most. Please feel free to reach out to find out how I can help you today.