Anxiety Therapy Fernie
Anxiety Therapist in Fernie
Do you have anxiety?
If you're a worrier, perfectionist or overthinker with a busy anxious mind that just won't stop, you'll be happy to know you can feel more calm, relaxed and empowered in your life.
Hi I'm Virginia Purcell, a counsellor who specializes in anxiety. I help people with anxious minds feel more calm and relaxed. You can break free from the constant cycle of worry and stress.
You can start right away. Just think how great it would feel to be able to relax and enjoy, confident that you can handle anything that comes your way.
It's easy to make an appointment. You can have an in-person session or an online session. Just book through the link below. Start feeling better!
Do you have anxiety?
Everyday you are on edge, stressed, keyed up, worried, even irritable.
You feel jittery, things are going wrong - or they might be and you are waiting for the next shoe to drop.
Sleep is the only escape and yet even then it's hard to let go.
Catastrophic thoughts and feelings make it hard to sleep, or you just have the feeling that there is something important that you missed.
Are things on the verge of going wrong? You can feel it in your body. It's hard to relax and let go.
Anxiety feels bad and has physical effects
You can feel anxiety in your body.
Your heart rate increases, your blood pressure too.
You may feel nauseous, you might feel your heart pounding, you may break out in a sweat or start to shake or tremble.
Your muscles may feel tense, your chest tight, and your belly may feel uncomfortable.
These physical symptoms of anxiety are part of an ancient set of responses we have in our bodies, the fight-flight-freeze response, designed to save our lives in an emergency. Your body is gearing up to put all it's resources towards fighting off a fierce enemy so you can run away fast from a predator or freeze very still to escape detection.
The "fight-flight-freeze" response channels all your energy and resources towards saving your life. It gives you a powerful jolt of hormones that energize your entire system keeping it on high alert for danger.
This system is essential for survival in the wild.
But in our modern day life, it becomes activated by things like bills that need to be paid, an argument with your spouse, a presentation coming up, health concerns, a critical boss, or a toxic work environment.
Chronic anxiety can have long term effects on your body. High blood pressure, digestive issues, and heart attack risk.
It's important to learn how to process anxiety and regulate this emotion so that you do not remain trapped in a state of almost constant high alert.
These thought patterns make anxiety worse
The "way you talk to yourself" makes a difference. Having your own personal "voice of doom" in your head escalates anxiety. Unattended, thoughts can spiral into impending doom and disaster, keeping you on alert and on edge.
Catastrophic thinking, self-critical thoughts and rumination make anxiety feel worse - and can even cause anxiety.
Anxiety Therapy for all types of anxiety
We all experience anxiety. It's a normal part of being human. There is the regular anxiety that we all feel for moments at a time every day. This is just a part of normal life.
But when anxious feelings have a serious impact on your ability to live your life fully, we could call it an anxiety disorder - meaning that the anxiety is no longer helpful to you and is becoming an unhealthy response.
Anxiety disorders include:
Generalized Anxiety:
Feelings of persistent anxiety that pervade each day and does not seem to be associated with any particular event.
Panic Disorder:
Episodes of intense debilitating fear reaction
Phobias:
Anxiety associated with specifc situations such as fear of heights, fear of spiders
OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder:
Compulsion to perform specific actions in order to reduce feelings of anxiety.
Social Anxiety:
Anxious feelings and avoidant behaviour related to fear of social interactions and negative judgment.
PTSD:
Fearful reactions, hypervigilance and anxious feelings related to trauma.
High Functioning Anxiety:
Overthinking, overplanning, and busy anxious mind in a person who is very capable but finds it difficult to relax and enjoy.
Don't Suffer - You Can Feel Better
Anxiety disorders are the most common of all mental health problems. If you suffer from anxiety, it's not surprising - many people do. Some studies report that 1 in 5 people suffer from an anxiety disorder at some time in their lives. Anxiety disorders affect men, women, adolescents and children.
Left untreated, an anxiety disorder is difficult to resolve on your own. And it can become incapacitating, negatively impacting performance at school, work and in relationships.
While everyone experiences regular anxiety, an anxiety disorder is a serious life disruptive condition. You might wonder what causes anxiety disorders? There is never one single cause and most anxiety disorders have a genetic, family history, metabolic, social, cognitive, age, cultural and event based components.
Anxiety disorders are also associated with chronic high blood pressure, digestive system issues such as colitis, migraines and other conditions.
Most people suffer from an anxiety disorder for years before seeking help.
They are sometimes afraid to ask for help or concerned about seeming weak or worried about not being understood. Even though you may feel reluctant to ask for help, it is important to.
The sooner symptoms are understood and treated the sooner you can start feeling better.
Anxiety Therapy in Fernie can help
Anxiety therapy Fernie is a great experience in-person, in an office setting, outdoors in nature, or online using video technology. Counselling has been shown to be effective through any of these media. Your counselling sessions will be set up in a way that benefits you most, taking into account your own personal preferences and desired outcomes.
"Anxiety therapy tools have helped me to learn to relax and finally be able to get to sleep at night!"
"Don't wait - you can get relief from overthinking ."
Helpful, empathetic and understanding. Lots of great tools to help me relax and enjoy my life.
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