Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Sudbury, ON.

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.

To assist and provide feedback to client's to enable them label their thoughts and feelings prior to developing coping skills and improve emotion regulation. With DBT -- identifying their thoughts and feelings is imminent, and to be able to tolerate distress. Moreover, to identify any automatic thoughts that may be contributing to anxiety and ongoing stress with their life, and mindfulness could be an additional emotional regulation coping tool.

I hope to help you explore what a more preferred relationship with anxiety and stress could look like. In today’s hectic and often overwhelming environments, managing anxiety and stress can be one of the most important and difficult experience to manage. In our work together, you can expect me to ask about the impacts of both on your life, and gently explore what it could mean to live a little differently. Using evidence-based and individualized strategies, I help clients to find ways to manage and thrive. Book a free consultation to explore if we are a good fit.

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.

Anxiety falls along a continuum from acceptable to crippling, debilitating anxiety requiring professional intervention. The major forms that anxiety takes are: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Panic Disorder, Phobic Disorders, Social Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD). A variety of proven therapeutic interventions are well established now, eg., Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Yoga, Tai Chi, Breathwork. By diving into therapy clients regain a sense of optimism, courage and confidence in relationships, workplace and career, driving, aging, life transitions and more.

Anxiety and Stress can be such a plague to people who suffer from them. These symptoms can be extremely debilitating and frustrating. Suffering from these long enough will lead to other problems such as anger or depression. My goal for working with clients is to explore these symptoms, their origin, and a client's best hopes of living a life beyond just the impact of these symptoms.

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.

Stress can take a toll on your mental health and trigger anxiety. In people who have an anxiety disorder, stress can make it more challenging to manage the symptoms of anxiety. Increases in this hormone are related to anxiety. Anxiety and stress can be overwhelming and sometimes entirely disabling. They interfere with our lives and prevent us from living our best version of selves. In our therapy sessions, we work together to explore the stressors and anxiety that have been impacting you and your ability to lead a healthy stress-free life. We identify options on how to manage your anxiety better using mindfulness and CBT techniques and help you build your own tools box.