Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Spring Valley Village, TX.

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.

Anxiety & stress are often experienced as symptoms that can range from a level of mild discomfort to a feeling of debilitating distress. Anxiety & stress can take a significant emotional toll on one's mental health, and they can also have severely negative effects on one's physical health. Therefore, it is important to closely monitor personal levels of anxiety & stress in order to recognize when professional intervention should be sought. In seeking my services, clients can be assured that they will receive empirically supported treatments that have been shown to provide superior outcomes. For anxiety & stress, CBT methods are implemented to teach clients how to better manage their symptoms

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.

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.

Anxiety and stress can be extremely overwhelming and can really keep you from being productive in your life. I specialize in Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help individuals with life coping skills to have the best outcome in what difficult things life brings. I help my clients become more self aware so they are focused on the present to have a more productive future.

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 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.

If you find yourself over-reacting...to relationships, work, school - stress may be emotionally "stretching" what had been a healthy tolerance-set. Life happens, and unfortunately so does intense emotional "push back." Sometimes temperament sets us up for a steeper reaction. For others, early wounding and a history of unsatisfactory family bonding creates unresolved tension. Much of this energy can be processed, clarified and worked through. But more dramatic and destructive pieces of our past can also haunt our functioning. Checking into the "why's" and "wherefore's'" of emotional fallout creates a base of understanding and release which can be powerful - it's a journey worth sharing!

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.

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.

When a person is feeling anxious or stressed, a natural, internal, drive to seek out safety, emotionally and/or physically, is triggered. This is often referred to as the "fight or flight" response. In this state of distress, people tend to react emotionally versus respond thoughtfully; sometimes with good outcomes, but many times with bad. In the horse world, we call this "run first, ask questions later". My goal in working with anxiety and stress is to help people become "first responders", not "first reactors". In slowing down the instinctive drive of "fight or flight" using a variety of self-regulation tools, along with trigger recognition, mindful outcomes can be achieved.

Do you find it difficult to go out in public? Are you uncomfortable in social situations? Are disturbing thoughts replaying themselves on your mental screen? Don’t let anxiety keep you from happiness and fulfillment. Find the tools to manage stress, fear, and worry. Get the help you need to develop control over troubling thoughts, patterns, and responses to anxiety. Free yourself from unproductive behaviors now. Call for an appointment today.

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.