Anxiety is a word that has become part of our daily life language. As the community becomes more aware, some are more comfortable speaking about it. However, this is still not the case for many. In my experience, those struggling with high levels of anxiety that impact their daily lives often feel embarrassed and ashamed to have it. Causing difficulty in asking for support and trust there is help for them. Clients may experience anxiety on its own or as it often occurs with other mental health disorders, such as depression, as a symptom of PTSD. Anxiety can have a negative impact on our relationships as well.

Some common symptoms of anxiety are feeling dread, fearing the worst nervous, restless, or tense, a sense of impending doom, intense fear, disruption of sleep patterns such as difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, avoiding social situations, increased heart rate, racing thoughts and irritability among others. These symptoms can also be physical changes such as increased heart rate, sweating, trembling, some may feel like they are frozen or can’t move, and shortness of breath.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is known as the best treatment approach for anxiety. Other strategies can be effective such as mindfulness techniques and EMDR treatment. As a therapist I draw from all CBT, EMDR & mindfulness to support your healing process. We will work on learning to identify triggers, symptoms, and ways to manage them. All this will assist you in experiencing a decrease in how it negatively impacts your life. EMDR is found to have a positive impact on the treatment of anxiety. Therefore, I use it as the framework for treating most individual clients and, when appropriate, with some couples.

Is anxiety taking over your life? Does it feel like you can’t control it no matter how hard you try? Have you already tried therapy but found it ineffective?

If this sounds like you, I’m confident I can help. My practice offers the most effective forms of treatment, to get the relief from anxiety that you deserve.

When it comes to treating anxiety disorders, research shows that therapy is usually the most effective option. That’s because anxiety therapy - as opposed to anxiety medication - treats more than just symptoms of the problem.

Someone with anxiety can experience symptoms such as: 

• Nervousness, restlessness, or being tense
• Feelings of danger, panic, or dread
• Rapid breathing or hyperventilation
• Increased or heavy sweating
• Trembling or muscle twitching
• Weakness or lethargy
• Difficulty focusing or thinking clearly about anything other than the thing you’re worried about
• Insomnia
• Obsessions about certain ideas; a sign of obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Anxiety surrounding a particular life event or experience that has occurred in the past; a sign of post-traumatic stress disorder

Therapy can help to uncover the underlying causes of your worries and fears, learn how to relax, look at situations in a new, less frightening way, and develop better coping mechanisms and problem-solving skills.

If you suffer from an anxiety disorder, we invite you to contact us today for a free consultation.