anxiety
Anxiety
Anxiety. That constant worrying, overthinking, panic in your chest, knots in your stomach thing. Yeah, that. It one of the most polarizing mental health challenges out there and impacts at least one in four Canadian aged 18 to 39. Undoubtedly, fighting back against anxiety can feel never-ending because you’re really fighting yourself and your habitual thoughts.
Let me help you beat the anxiety. It’ll take work both in session and on your own, but I promise it can be done. One of the most effective treatments for anxiety is called CBT – cognitive behaviour training. Interestingly, CBT believes that our minds, emotions, and actions are all connected. A specific thought pattern typically evokes some emotion, which then impacts our actions that follow. Interestingly, This can happen in any order. For example, the way we feel can also effect what we do. This then impacts what we think about ourself, others, or the world.
We will use CBT, in therapy, to build you an inner toolkit. Afterwards, you can use this toolkit outside of therapy to consistently tackle your anxiety.
Anxiety, sessions, and you
Do you ever call yourself an empath or see yourself as someone who really feels the emotions of others? Do you get really down on yourself if you do something the “wrong way”? Or maybe you worry that you’ll “fail to meet the expectations of others”? If sounds like you in any way, a better paired match for your anxiety treatment might be through DBT Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). DBT was build off CBT but is a special subset intended for those who feel their emotions very intensely.
Through this approach, three of our initial focusses will be the practice of self-soothing, emotion regulation, and mindfulness. With skills developed around these three categories, you will be able to:
Learn how bring yourself some relief in the face of distress when your emotions are high. This will allow you to return to the situation when you are ready to figure out your next steps
Recognize and name emotions as they are arise so you can cope with then in healthier ways, even when there are multiple emotions present at one time
Focus on the present to understand the physical sensations and mental thoughts taking place within your body. Learning to do this non-judgementally will allow you to consciously select your next move
