Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Mount Penn, PA.

Anxiety in children, teenagers, and young adults is on the rise—social anxiety, generalized anxiety, panic disorder, separation anxiety, OCD.... I see kids in middle school who already worry about getting into a good college, and high school teens ruminating about something they said at the lunch table that they're worried will cost them socially. Let me help your child or teen sort out the differences sources of anxiety in his/her life and find ways to reduce them or reduce the level of anxiety they bring out. And, since there are natural sources of anxiety in our lives that cannot be eliminated, I find it important to teach kids how to better manage the anxiety that remains.

You are a unique individual. Together we will work to understand where your anxiety and stress are coming from. Once we know the source, we will work on both managing your symptoms and resolving the underlying issues behind them. By addressing the deeper issues, you are more likely to experience long term relief. As healing occurs, you can learn to experience a true sense of peace and appreciation for the good things in your life. As the anxiety continues to fade, you will find you can concentrate better when working, and relax more when you are not. You will find yourself better able to enjoy life, be emotionally present with loved ones, and focus on activities you love.

Find yourself stressed due to anxiety or unable to let go of certain thoughts. Sometimes the issues and concerns in our life make us feel very anxious. Using a variety of techinques that focus on how your thoughts affect your feelings and behavior, we strive to help you deal with the anxiety so that it does not run your life. You deserve to be in control of your life and to live life to its fullest.

To help you manage your stress and anxiety symptoms, we start with understanding the nature and patterns of your symptoms in relation to environmental triggers, traumatic life events, and unhelpful thinking patterns that influence your daily perspective. Using a collaborative alliance, we will look for better ways to manage both your external stressors and internal reactions. A cognitive-behavioral approach offers practical methods to understand how thought patterns influence emotional reactions and behaviors. By redirecting and re-framing your thoughts with alternative thoughts, you can experience a reduction in unpleasant emotions and an increase in personal effectiveness.

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.