Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Woodland, WA.

Everyone feels stress. Everyone gets anxious. But sometimes stress and anxiety can overwhelm us and cause serious dysfunction. If you are suffering from anxiety and stress we can get to the heart of the issue. Sometimes we need support and a safe place to process the things that overwhelm us and trigger worry or anxiety. Sometimes we need a person to come alongside of us and help us see things that we are not recognizing for ourselves. Unhelpful ways of thinking or behaviors that are adding to our stress. I look forward to helping clients find ways to break the cycle of unhelpful thoughts and to find productive coping skills.

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.

Maybe you've had to work extra hard at managing your thoughts and feelings, and this leads to those chiding voices in your head repeating that you're not "good enough." When you were younger you were full of ideas and plans, but never quite felt like you fit in. You trudged on toward your goals, sometimes feeling lonely and unsure of yourself, and kept going anyway because you're resilient and perhaps a little stubborn. When the anxiety stealthily crept in and then grew into overwhelming fear, or the mood shifts made your daily schedule chaos at best, your goals were shifted from enjoying a career and family to figuring out how to survive.

Stress is part of this life. When it becomes overwhelming or spins into anxiety we need to find the calm in the storm. How we think, act and relate recursively loop to amp it up or tone it down. Experiencing and practicing ways to soothe ourselves, identify triggers and risk factors can help. Connecting with supportive people who help us to see more of the details in the whole story can bring increased peace.

Anxiety and stress can feel overwhelming even while in a therapy session. This is because talking about what we fear or what's stressful can cause more feelings of anxiety. To assist clients, I use cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and several mindfulness techniques as these approaches can lessen the effects of anxiety and stress. Exposure therapy can also be helpful in some cases, but is client driven to ensure the client's agency in the healing process.