Counseling for anxiety is effective and can help improve your life in a number of ways. Anxiety can be something we all struggle with from time to time, but for some of us, it can become debilitating and difficult to function. I see women struggling with higher and higher levels of anxiety as responsibilities and pressures increase in their day-to-day lives. Balancing careers, family life, relationships, finances, health and self-care is an ongoing juggling act that can become overwhelming.

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Anxiety can show up at any age and can sometimes begin from a young age continuing throughout our lives. There are various levels of severity with the most severe turning into panic attacks. Ultimately, anxiety is a pattern of chronic worrying or fear that we are unable to control as well as it being a  physical reaction we can feel in our bodies with symptoms such as:

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• Restlessness or nervousness

• Feeling easily mentally or physically fatigued

• Difficulty concentrating or remembering things

• Irritability

• Muscle tension

• Sleep problems

• Change in appetite

• Difficulty relaxing or slowing down

 

To treat anxiety, I first work with you to find out the underlying causes or triggers by asking questions about when it began and if there are any underlying causes. Some things that can cause or underlie anxiety are:

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• Life events

• Diet

• Regular Caffeine or Stimulants

• Nutritional Deficiencies

• Ongoing stress

• Trauma

• Hormonal imbalances

• Pregnancy, Peri-Menopause or Menopause

• Patterns of Perfectionism or Low Self-Esteem

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In treating anxiety, I use a variety of techniques and tools such as CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) to help you better understand how your thoughts and beliefs are negatively impacting you and how to begin reshaping and changing them. We will also look at ways to start calming your body and nervous system exploring things like meditation, exercise, yoga, breathing, nutrition, hormone balancing, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and regular self-care. Lastly, it is also important to understand the connected life events or traumas to the anxiety and any family patterns that might have contributed. For this, we might use Inner Child Work, IFS (Internal Family Systems), journaling or insight-oriented therapy.

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If you feel you might be struggling with anxiety, just know you are not alone and there are ways to start feeling better.