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Anxiety Counselling

Anxiety Counselling, Safe Haven Surrey BC

Do you suffer with racing thoughts that you can’t seem to free yourself from?

Does your body constantly feel tense and like it’s impossible to relax?

These are just two of the many signs of anxiety, which also include feeling worried, irritable or afraid that the worst case scenario will happen.

Anxiety can come and go and may be in response to specific situations. It may also be a constant background feeling that ebbs and flows throughout your day that you can never seem to escape. Physical symptoms include a pounding heart, sweating, restlessness, exhaustion, an off stomach or gut, nausea, and headaches.

If you suspect you may be suffering with anxiety, book your free consultation today.

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Types of Anxiety

There are several different types of anxiety disorders that affect people in different ways and to varying degrees of severity. The most common types seen in counselling are Generalized anxiety (GAD), social anxiety, and panic disorder.

People with GAD experience persistent and exaggerated worries about everyday activities that can interfere with their everyday lives. Symptoms of GAD can include difficulty sleeping, concentrating, exhaustion, irritability, mood swings, and physical symptoms like dizziness, tightness in the chest, and muscle tension.

Another type of anxiety disorder is Social Anxiety Disorder, which is when people experience intense fear and self-consciousness in social situations. People with this type of disorder may fear embarrassing themselves or being judged by others. They may also have difficulty forming or maintaining relationships due to this fear. Physical symptoms of this disorder include difficulty speaking, difficulty swallowing, tense muscles, trembling, racing heart, and sweating.

Finally, Panic Disorder is characterized by feelings of intense fear or terror that can occur without any warning. People with this disorder may feel like they are losing control, having a heart attack, or dying. Physical symptoms include chest pain, sweating, dizziness, trembling, heart palpitations, and shortness of breath.

Why Anxiety Occurs

There are various thoughts around the causes of anxiety. Common factors point to the following:

  • Childhood trauma (physical or sexual abuse, a traumatic incident, neglect, attachment trauma)
  • Life stressors (divorce, job loss, grief, work stress)
  • Medication side effects
  • Substance use
  • Genetic disposition (history of anxiety in the family)
  • Personality type
  • Other mental illness

You may be able to identify with a couple of these causes, for example life stressors as well as a history of anxiety in the family.

How Counselling Helps

Anxiety can be an incredibly debilitating condition, and it can be difficult to manage it on your own. If you’re struggling with anxiety, counselling can be a great way to help you to understand it better, and to develop strategies to cope.

There are several counselling approaches that can be effective in reducing symptoms. The approach depends on the root causes of your anxiety and the type of anxiety you are suffering from. For example, if your anxiety is trauma based, we will work first with healing that trauma through a modality such as EMDR or IFS. If the anxiety is rooted more in life circumstances we will talk through possible changes you may be able to make to ease the worry you are having about these events or situations. Your counsellor will likely also look at your thoughts and beliefs and help you to reframe them using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

To set up a consultation to see if anxiety counselling is right for you, book a consultation with one of our experienced counsellors.

Location

Ocean Pointe Business Centre
#404 – 1688 152 St,
Surrey, BC
V4A 4N2

Session Hours

Mon: 10:30am-6:30pm
Tues: 10:30am-6:30pm
Weds: 10:30am-6:30pm
Thurs: 10:30am-6:30pm
Fri: 10:30am-1:00pm

Get in Touch

Phone: (604) 337-0152
Email: info@safehavenbc.com

 



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Anxiety Quiz

1. Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge.

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2. Not being able to stop or control worrying.

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3. Worrying too much about different things.

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4. Trouble relaxing

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5. Being so restless that it’s hard to sit still

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6. Becoming easily annoyed or irritable.

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7. Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen.

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Depression Quiz

1. Sadness

I do not feel sad.

I feel sad much of the time.

I am sad all the time.

I am so sad or unhappy that I can't stand it.

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2. Pessimism

I am not discouraged about my future.

I feel more discouraged about my future than I used to.

I do not expect things to work out for me.

I feel my future is hopeless and will only get worse.

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3. Past Failure

I do not feel like a failure.

I have failed more than I should have.

As I look back, I see a lot of failures.

I feel I am a total failure as a person.

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4. Loss of Pleasure

I get as much pleasure as I ever did from the things I enjoy.

I don't enjoy things as much as I used to.

I get very little pleasure from the things I used to enjoy.

I can't get any pleasure from the things I used to enjoy.

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5. Guilty Feelings

I don't feel particularly guilty.

I feel guilty over many things I have done or should have done.

I feel quite guilty most of the time.

I feel guilty all of the time.

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6. Punishment Feelings

I don't feel I am being punished.

I feel I may be punished.

I expect to be punished.

I feel I am being punished.

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7. Self-Dislike

I feel the same about myself as ever.

I have lost confidence in myself.

I am disappointed in myself.

I dislike myself.

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8. Self-Criticalness

I don't criticize or blame myself more than usual.

I am more critical of myself than I used to be.

I criticize myself for all of my faults.

I blame myself for everything bad that happens.

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9. Suicidal Thoughts or Wishes

I don't have any thoughts of killing myself.

I have thoughts of killing myself, but I would not carry them out.

I would like to kill myself.

I would kill myself if I had the chance.

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10. Crying

I don't cry anymore than I used to.

I cry more than I used to.

I cry over every little thing.

I feel like crying, but I can't.

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11. Agitation

I am no more restless or wound up than usual.

I feel more restless or wound up than usual.

I am so restless or agitated, it's hard to stay still.

I am so restless or agitated that I have to keep moving or doing something.

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12. Loss of Interest

I have not lost interest in other people or activities.

I am less interested in other people or things than before.

I have lost most of my interest in other people or things.

It's hard to get interested in anything.

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13. Indecisiveness

I make decisions about as well as ever.

I find it more difficult to make decisions than usual.

I have much greater difficulty in making decisions than I used to.

I have trouble making any decisions.

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14. Worthlessness

I do not feel I am worthless.

I don't consider myself as worthwhile and useful as I used to.

I feel more worthless as compared to others.

I feel utterly worthless.

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15. Loss of Energy

I have as much energy as ever.

I have less energy than I used to have.

I don't have enough energy to do very much.

I don't have enough energy to do anything.

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16. Changes in Sleeping Pattern

I have not experienced any change in my sleeping.

I sleep somewhat more than usual.

I sleep somewhat less than usual.

I sleep a lot more than usual.

I sleep a lot less than usual.

I sleep most of the day.

I wake up 1-2 hours early and can't get back to sleep.

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17. Irritability

I am not more irritable than usual.

I am more irritable than usual.

I am much more irritable than usual.

I am irritable all the time.

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18. Changes in Appetite

I have not experienced any change in my appetite.

My appetite is somewhat less than usual.

My appetite is somewhat greater than usual.

My appetite is much less than before.

My appetite is much greater than usual.

I have no appetite at all.

I crave food all the time.

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19. Concentration Difficulty

I can concentrate as well as ever.

I can't concentrate as well as usual.

It's hard to keep my mind on anything for very long.

I find I can't concentrate on anything.

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20. Tiredness or Fatigue

I am no more tired or fatigued than usual.

I get more tired or fatigued more easily than usual.

I am too tired or fatigued to do a lot of the things I used to do.

I am too tired or fatigued to do most of the things I used to do.

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21. Loss of Interest in Sex

I have not noticed any recent change in my interest in sex.

I am less interested in sex than I used to be.

I am much less interested in sex now.

I have lost interest in sex completely.

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