Psychotherapy, counselling, Therapy for anxiety, Ottawa, Ontario | Focus on Change Counselling and Hypnotherapy

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Is anxiety preventing you from living a full life?

Anxiety is the body’s natural response to perceived danger. However if the feelings of anxiety and worry are constant and overwhelming, they can interfere with your daily activities and relationships. Although some people experience anxiety or panic attacks, not everyone living with an anxiety disorder does.

Anxiety disorders look very different from person to person. What follows are the most common signs of anxiety:

Feelings of doom or dread
Unexpected and or recurrent panic attacks
Feeling tense and jumpy
Feeling overly concerned about the future
Feeling overly concerned about what others may think of you
Rushes of fear that seem to happen out of the blue
Trouble concentrating
Pounding heart
Sweating
Stomach upset or dizziness
Shortness of breath
Tremours and twitches

How can Psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy help you overcome anxiety?

My approach to treating anxiety has 2 components: uncovering the root cause and treating the symptoms. The first treatment component used to uncover the cause of the feelings of anxiety, is a combination of effective Psychotherapy / Counselling techniques. This aids in exploring and re-framing past experiences and negative thoughts that fuel anxiety. The second component in our approach is addressing the symptoms. Lastly, if the client wishes Self-hypnosis techniques to reduce anxiety symptoms can be taught. We can also focus our work on a combination of mindfulness and cognitive skills to control anxious thoughts and worries.

Please NOTE: Hypnotherapy alone is NOT an effective way to change severe anxiety symptoms or causes. I only use it in combination with Traditional Psychotherapy work.

Changing anxious thoughts and feelings takes time. I suggest a minimum of 10 sessions to create change.

As with all our Services, our Anxiety Management Program reflects our Client Centered Approach. Each client is considered unique and each session is tailored to ensure the best possible results.

Call today and find out how we can help. 613-800-8558

Depression

Thank you for your enthusiastic and positive encouragement. As you know depression had been taking a hold of my life for so. All the techniques you thought me, together with the Hypnotherapy work we've done have truly created a noticeable difference in my everyday life. I've had so much encouraging progress with all the symptoms of depression. I'm now socializing more than I ever thought possible. I'm now enjoying life again. Karinna you've been a ray of sunshine in cloudy time! M.L.

Depression

Anxiety after trauma

I would like to attest to Karinna's fine counselling work. She has helped me to develop a more confident attitude toward myself and assisted me to reduce the anxiety I was experiencing in my professional life. The coaching pared with hypnosis therapy I received from Karinna, allowed me to regain much needed confidence. I will forever benefit from the guidance she has given me, now and in the future. E.S.

Anxiety-E.S.

Anxiety in Cars

For years I felt debilitating anxiety when getting into a car and someone else was driving. In fact, it was simply unthinkable for me. Since we finished the hypnotherapy sessions I've been able to comfortably enjoy the car ride when my wife drives. My anxiety levels have also gone down quite a bit in other aspects. I feel like I can breath now, especially when going places. Sincerely Thank You for all your help and techniques. I would recommend you to anyone! W. A.

Anxiety in Cars