Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Richmond, TX.

You'll discover a welcoming and judgment-free environment to talk about your stress and anxiety throughout our sessions. We'll work together to create realistic coping mechanisms and relaxation methods specific to your own requirements. We'll strive toward long-lasting relief by identifying and addressing the reasons of your anxiety. I'll provide you strategies for controlling overpowering feelings and thoughts, giving you the power to take back control of your life. You'll receive the support and direction need to face obstacles with more resiliency and peace via our therapeutic relationship.

I specialize in helping adults thrive in their relationships with others, as well as with themselves. I can help you address feelings of perfectionism, unworthiness, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, self-doubt, shame, stress, and other feelings. I utilize a strength-based and solution-focused approach to ensure you meet your goals in sessions with me. Together, we will collaboratively identify effective strategies to help you through this challenging time in your life. Our aim is to facilitate healing and foster inner peace, not only for yourself but also in your interactions with others.

Anxiety comes from fear. God tells us He "has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." We can access that power by making a conscious decision every day to surrender our anxiety to him. Trust God to take care of you, but also to guide you to others, including friends, clergy, and treatment professionals, who can help you walk this difficult path.

Navigating anxiety's grip requires a holistic approach, and that's where my expertise comes in. My therapy melds Somatic Experiencing with psychodynamic insights and CBT strategies, targeting anxiety's roots and its surface manifestations. Through understanding the unconscious processes and attachment patterns influencing your anxiety, combined with practical skills for managing symptoms, we embark on a journey toward lasting relief. My focus is on empowering you to transform anxiety into a source of strength, guiding you to a place of calm, clarity, and resilience. Together, we'll explore your path to tranquility.

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.

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.

I am trained in mindfulness-based stress reduction, and it's a great approach to reducing anxiety. I teach simple strategies that you practice daily. One simple strategy is just before you fall asleep at night, think about your day and choose the best part. This techniques puts you in a positive frame of mind just before you fall asleep. When you practice this daily, over time you will begin to fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and get that good quality sleep while you are asleep.

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.

We recognize the profound impact that anxiety can have on your life. Our clinicians offer a supportive and compassionate space to help you navigate through the challenges of anxiety. Through personalized treatment approaches, we work collaboratively to explore the root causes of your anxiety, identify triggers, and develop practical coping strategies. Whether you're experiencing panic attacks, social anxiety, or generalized anxiety disorder, we're here to provide you with the tools and support needed to regain control of your life. Together, we'll embark on a journey towards finding peace, resilience, and a renewed sense of calm.

We hold our anxiety and stress in our body. We feel tension, gut problems, hot flashes, disrupted sleep and more. I work with anxiety and stress by helping individuals learn and develop tools to re-regulate their nervous system. When we have a coherent and fluid nervous system, we can do difficult things without feeling paralyzed by overwhelming fear.

Anxiety and stress are daily factors of life which pile up negatively impacting all aspects of life; i.e.: Graduate School, career, interpersonal relationships, family interactions, parental and caregiver roles and responsibilities. Often time what brings someone into therapy is the anxiety of stress involved in letting other people down or failing at a new task or life-long goal. Utilizing DBT (dialectical behavior therapy) and CBT (cognitive behavior therapy) will give you skills to identify recognize your anxiety and stress, help you to identify the origins of it and work through it in a functional non-avoidant way, which leave your integrity intact and your self-esteem positive.

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.

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.

I approach counseling for anxiety and stress from a Cognitive Behavioral perspective. I think it is vital to examine the interplay among your environment, your relationships, your daily routine, your emotions, and your thoughts when it comes to treating anxiety and stress. Treatment often involves making internal or external changes to these aspects of your life. The hope is that changes to one part of your life will produce changes in the other areas.

Stress and anxiety are common today. Learn proven skills to manage or reduce anxiety. Enjoy a relaxed, quiet environment as you meet with me to work toward increasing your sense of peace. Therapeutic skills learned through DBT, CBT, relaxation techniques, self-care and meditation can help you feel better!

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.

I provide practical tools to regain control over overwhelming thoughts and emotions. Through cognitive-behavioral techniques and dialectal behavior therapy, clients can learn to identify triggers, challenge negative patterns, and cultivate a sense of calm. I collaborate with clients to develop personalized strategies that empower them to navigate anxiety-inducing situations, ultimately fostering greater resilience and emotional well-being.

If you experience anxiety and stress, there a strategies you can use to avoid feeling consumed by it. We will collaborate in identifying your triggers, and determine long-term strategies through behavioral therapy. Anxiety may always be apart of your life, but it does not have to overwhelm your day-to-day. Finding the treatment that works best for you will allow you to lead a more enjoyable life.

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.