Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Houston, TX.

It is hard to make it through the teen and adult years without experiencing anxiety and stress at some point. People sometimes lose themselves in parenthood, marriages, school, and/or work. My goal is to provide a safe place for emotional expression while at the same time providing tools to allow a person to cope with difficult life's most difficult experiences.

Seems like stress is everywhere these days - at home, at work, in our relationships. While we laugh about how stressed out everyone is, the facts are that stress can really have a negative impact on your body. Don't wait until you are feeling overwhelmed and burned out. Working together, we can reduce your stress and anxiety with a buffet of easy-to-use techniques. It really does help to talk about what stresses you out. And it helps to have some things to do when you are in the car, waiting in line, about to meet with your boss, or upset about a relationship. It's a good time to take care of your mind and body - right now!

We live in a world filled with stress and anxiety. Anxiety disorders affect nearly 40 million americans in a given year. Anxiety and stress can leave you feeling worn down, scared, or even panicked. It steals the joy from your life. But, anxiety is very treatable. I use cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to help you learn to control and shift the anxious thought that cause you to feel stressed. These tools are easy to use once you learn them. And unlike medicine alone, you can take these tools with you anywhere you go and you never run out. Call me today to start learning how to feel happy, balanced and at peace!

Anxiety can take many forms; it can be a build up of tension and worries, a specific fear or concern, intense fear in social situations, a reaction to trauma, or thoughts and routines that may be controlling your life. If you feel overwhelmed by stress or feel that anxiety has taken over your life, therapy can be a powerful tool in helping you improve your life. When combatting anxiety and stress, I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help you better manage your anxiety. We will do this by identifying goals so you can see the progress you are making, changing unhelpful thoughts and beliefs and replace harmful habits and ways of living so you can have a more enjoyable life.

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.

Before receiving my doctorate, I did an internship at the largest public mental health clinic in North Texas. I volunteered at Parkland Psychiatric Emergency Room on the overnight shift on Sunday nights for 7 months in1995. There I learned to handle crisis situations of the utmost kind. Many cases were serious suicide attempts or active psychosis. I have been to 3 separate training seminars on hypnosis. Hypnosis is NOT frequently used in my office and is always optional but it can be a means of reducing anxiety and stress. We can learn to not upset ourselves and to relax. I will take an in-depth and broad comprehensive approach that involve no medications. There are a plethora of tools.

Anxiety and stress seem to be on the rise lately. In actuality, we all experience varying degrees of anxiety and stress throughout our lives and this is normal. And yet we do not want to feel either because they are uncomfortable. And yet, consider this: if you are walking down a dark alley at 2:00 am and NOT feeling anxious, I'm worried about you. If you are sitting in a famliar and safe environment and feeling anxious, I am also worried about you. Anxiety and stress are important to pay attention to and learn how to use them effectively OR to learn how to minimize them appropriately in your life. I'm happy to help you consider ways to cope with anxiety and stress.

We all experience anxiety at times. Anxiety is a way our body tells us that something is wrong. By using tried and true techniques to help you become more aware of what is occurring in your body, mind and emotional self, we help you to identify where you feel the anxiety in your body, how you feel it emotionally and the thoughts you experience when anxiety occurs. You can make meaningful changes in your life by learning how to slow these thoughts down while we work together to unravel the root causes of your stress and anxiety. We can help you to learn relaxation techniques and in some cases we collaborate with your Dr. to help you manage symptoms while working towards long term solutions.

You can learn to be less anxious in one session and can learn tools you can use for the rest of your life to reduce your level of anxiety. You can learn to change your self-talk and also learn deep muscle relaxation. Stress is normal and natural, but you can learn techniques of how to minimize stress and how to handle it better. You can control your stress instead of allowing your stress to control you.

Anxiety is a normal part of life. Sometimes, however, anxiety or stress can become overwhelming and take control of your life. Anxiety can affect your thoughts, behaviors, feelings, and even physical sensations. We utilize a cognitive-behavioral approach to help you manage anxiety symptoms, change unproductive thought patterns, identify triggers, express your deeper feelings and needs, and feel more calm and relaxed.

Everyone experiences anxiety at some point, but for some the anxiety is so frequent or intense that it interferes with their lives or even triggers panic attacks. I use Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to help my clients get a sense of control over their own anxiety. We collaborate to learn skills to reduce the frequency or intensity of the anxious feelings, to tolerate the anxiety when it does occur so they can still function through it, and to practice habits that reduce stress and improve general mental health.

Anxiety and stress are among my areas of expertise. I have conducted several workshops within the community as well as training at Shell Oil Co. for their quarterly health and safety meeting. As humans we all experience anxiety and stress. Together we will explore what is causing your distress to determine the most effective way to deal with it. We will also discuss the ways in which your belief system may be increasing your anxiety and ways to effectively cope. Relaxation training (something I teach) is often helpful to individuals experiencing stress.

Do people ever say to you, “Just calm down”, “Get a grip on yourself”, “You’re stressing me out!” Well, it probably means you really are stressing out too much! Stress is a normal part of life. But when stress is prolonged it can have negative affects, such as headaches, an upset stomach, heart problems and high blood pressure, or even depression or anxiety. If you are overwhelmed with stress, it’s important to know stress CAN be managed. We can help you develop coping skills and create a healthy routine and balanced lifestyle that lessen the affects of stress. We will also help you to think about life differently and keep things in perspective, so that you worry less and live more.