Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Houston, TX.

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.

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.

Lake Austin Psychotherapy offers Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorder as well as EMDR (Eye Movement, Desensitization and Reprocessing) to accelerate symptom relief from anxiety, stress and panic disorder. Somatic Experiencing is also incorporated to promote mind-body connections and autonomic regulation for heightened nervous system response.

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.

I work with clients facing overwhelming stress and anxiety by utilizing various modalities tailored specifically for them, I employ a holistic approach and believe through mindfulness, meditation, cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, and emotionally focused therapy that clients feel a sense of relief and calm by being able to take stock of their thoughts, feelings and behaviors and make sense of what the real issues are and by devising a plan to tackle them head-on.

If worries plague you I would be happy to help you learn new ways to face and deal with them. Stress can be relieved in many ways, and I would be pleased to help you figure out which ways will work best for you. I will help you explore how you may have become anxious and stressed and learn useful coping mechanisms for now and ways of living that will reduce your anxiety and stress in the future.

I specialize in treating adolescents and young adults with depression and anxiety. My goal is to help every client feel welcomed into therapy and leave with practical tools and insights to carry forward in life. I use a relational and present-focused approach tailored to the client's specific needs, with the goal of both symptom reduction and a greater understanding of the self and relationships.

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.

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.

Being a human means that we experience a wide range of emotions — many of which we never learned to deal with and regulate. You may be feeling overwhelmed by your life and emotions and wish you could wave a magic wand to make it all better. If you’re experiencing anxiety, depression, anger, trauma, or any other mental health concern – we’re here to help. While we can’t wave a magic wand and take away all your concerns, we’ll help you regulate your nervous system so your body can finally rest, dissolve past trauma that’s holding you back, and create your life with intention. Our compassionate and skilled therapists take an integrative and personalized approach to healing, utilizing EMDR, IFS, Somatic Experiencing, and psychotherapy.

Anxiety can get in the way of every day life. Anything from not being able to advance at work, to social anxiety keeping you from moving forward, to significant traumatic experiences (PTSD). Anxiety is best treated utilizing a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach. We will work with you on systematic ways to reduce and manage your anxiety. Trauma is a specialty of ours. When your body experiences trauma it keeps your body in "fight or flight." We know what you went through was extremely scary and rocked your entire sense of self and sense of the world. We utilize CBT tools and techniques, grounding, breathing, reducing negative thoughts as well as psychodynamic approaches.

Anxiety and stress make it impossible for you to think through immediate issues let alone work through complex interpersonal conflict and trauma. I work with my clients on mindful approaches to anxiety. It's important to utilize skills that help us relax our bodies so that our minds can come back online and work through the actual problems we face.

From feeling the pre-presentation jitters to getting butterflies before a big date, anxiety is something that all of us will experience from time to time. But when anxiety levels escalate to the point of panic or begin adversely impacting your daily functioning, it can leave you feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and confused. We specialize in all types of anxiety and can help you feel in control and at peace in your life.

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 & Stress can leave you feeling overwhelmed, drained and unmotivated. I can help you look at your anxiety & stress in a whole new way. As we work with root causes of anxiety and learn to utilize anxious symptoms to our benefit, our stress can go down. As a therapist that has suffered from anxiety, I can relate and help you navigate, manage and overcome your anxiety.