Holistic counseling for mind-body-spirit–community 503-309-1163
M. Joy Young, LCSW, CPC
Anxiety Counseling
Are you or someone you care about suffering from anxiety or "anxiety" like symptoms?
Do you find that you worry about most things and can't stop yourself from worrying even when you try?
Are you shaky, nervous, fretful, and easily agitated?
Do you avoid certain situations because it causes you to feel over worried, jumpy, and shaky?
Do you rehearse in your head situations to come or past events in hopes of alleviating feeling worried or upset?
If any of these are true for you or someone you care about. You might want to consider anxiety and anxiety symptoms.
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety can be a normal reaction to stressful events that occur every day. Everyone experiences some level of anxiety when faced with daily uncertainties. But anxiety may become an issue for you if it interferes with daily activities and disrupts your normal routine.
Would you like to...
- Feel less anxious, nervous and worried.
- Let go of endless rehearsing and excess fretting.
- Learn skills that can help you manage worry, fretting, "anxiety" like feelings, or anxiety symptoms.
- Make lifestyle changes that may reduce excess worry, "anxiety" like thoughts and feelings, and anxiety symptoms.
At Portland Lifestyle Counseling a holistic approach is used. This means we look at the whole person - mind, body, spirit, and community when helping to reduce excessive worry, "anxiety" like thoughts and feelings, or anxiety symptoms.
Using a holistic approach, you may be encouraged to consider lifestyle changes that can help reduce your anxiety symptoms such as:
- Maintaining regular exercise (as suggested or recommended by your primary care physician).
- Eat a healthy well balanced diet (in accordance with your primary care physician).
- Try relaxation techniques such as visualization and meditation to reduce anxiety.
During counseling for anxiety I encourage you to:
- Process and explore issues from the past and present.
- Explore and express feelings in a safe way.
- Test new behaviors, thoughts and ideas.
- Confront your issues, problems, and frustrations.
- Create solutions for change.
- Make behavior changes that you believe are doable and sustainable.
Counseling methods include:
- cognitive-behavioral, - the most common type of psychotherapy for working with anxiety symptoms
- solution focused
- supportive therapy
- interpersonal
- transpersonal
Distinctive and specialized approaches and practices include
- Uncovering and reconnecting with your Inner Knowing
- Focus on social, cultural, and environmental issuesthat relate to your issues and concerns
- Mind/body or mindfulness based cognitive practices. To help you control your breathing, relaxation, and track body sensations when anxious.
- Use of Flower essence upon request.
- Use of Soulcollage®.
Your life does not have to stop because you feel anxious. You are not alone. In a world that is very uncertain, it makes sense that you might feel worried or anxious at times. But if you are concerned about HOW much you worry and HOW it is affecting your life then consulting with a professional counselor can be helpful.
Are you ready to change anxiety symptoms?
If you are ready to have less anxiety in your life, feel better, worry less and live more fully contact Joy at 503-309-1163 or email at . There are many counselors to choose from. I put myself forward because I believe in what I do and I know counseling can work.
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