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Anxiety Therapy

Feeling anxious before an interview, making a hard decision, or stepping onto a stage is normal. Anxiety therapy can help when these feelings go beyond our body’s natural response to stress and become overwhelming. While some anxiety is healthy and even helpful in certain situations, it becomes a problem when it’s severe, persistent, and disrupts daily life.

You may feel overwhelmed by constant worry, struggle with physical symptoms like lightheadedness, trembling, or nausea, or notice changes in sleep, appetite, or energy levels.

If this sounds familiar, know that you’re not alone. Therapy can help you take back control.

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Finding Relief Through Anxiety Therapy

To the outside world, you’ve got everything under control. You are a working professional who thrives on order and systems, things that don’t let you down. You are social and fun in a crowd, the kind of person who tells it like it is and wants to hear it the same way. But beneath the surface, anxiety is at play. You worry about failure, feel like you’re never good enough, and carry the weight of the world on your shoulders.

Some days, anxiety makes even simple tasks feel overwhelming. Your mind races with what-ifs, leaving you stuck in worry and unable to relax or enjoy life.

You’re tired of hiding behind a mask, consumed by worry and afraid of disappointing others. It’s exhausting to take one step forward only to feel like you’re falling two steps back.

You want to take control of your thoughts, find peace, and let others see the real you. You dream of waking up confident, ready to embrace the life you’ve worked so hard to build. You’re ready to break free from the weight of anxiety and move forward with tools that truly help.

Anxiety therapy can help you get there!

Anxiety Counselling in Timmins

There is hope for anxiety.

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At Creating Connection, our expert therapists use a blend of approaches to help you manage and overcome anxiety. These evidence-based, bottom-up approaches promote healing and change to address anxiety’s impact on the mind and body.

Whether you prefer in-person sessions in Timmins or secure virtual therapy across Ontario, we’re here to support you in finding relief and building a life with less anxiety.

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Anxiety Therapy Specialities

Panic Disorder Therapy

Panic disorder involves recurrent and unexpected panic attacks, which can cause intense physical symptoms like heart palpitations, sweating, trembling, and a sense of impending doom. Panic disorder therapy can help you identify triggers, manage symptoms, and regain control.

Social Anxiety Therapy

Social anxiety can make social interactions and maintaining relationships challenging. It’s marked by intense fear in social settings, often leading to avoidance. Social anxiety therapy can help uncover the root cause of anxiety and teach effective strategies to navigate social situations with confidence.

Generalized Anxiety Therapy

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by persistent, excessive worry that feels difficult to control. It can disrupt daily life and cause symptoms like restlessness, fatigue, and difficulty concentrating. Generalized anxiety therapy provides tools to manage worry and reduce anxiety’s impact on your life

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Therapy

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by intrusive, unwanted thoughts and repetitive behaviours or mental acts performed to alleviate anxiety. These cycles can feel overwhelming and disrupt daily life, making it hard to focus on what truly matters. OCD therapy provides evidence-based strategies to help you break free from these patterns.

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The Caregivers Role in Child Therapy

Authored by Kelly Lamothe, MSW, RSW

Generally, children are not in therapy because they’ve requested it, rather, their caregiver, medical professional, or school has recommended they attend. Here are essential insights for caregivers to bear in mind during their child’s therapeutic journey.

Navigating the Start of Therapy
Before the first appointment, it can be helpful to prepare the child by explaining to them what they are about to do and what to expect. Offering ample reassurance, framing therapy as a positive and exciting experience, and creating positive associations can significantly enhance the child’s willingness to engage. Positive associations go a long way for helping the child enjoy and be willing to attend therapy. Pair a therapy session with a fun activity afterwards, such as allowing them a special treat or activity.

Creating a Positive Therapeutic Environment
Therapy doesn’t have to come with the same dread as going to get a cavity filled at the dentists. Therapists are committed to making the experience engaging and fun through activities like games, positive reinforcement, and creative expressions like playing with toys or art. Importantly, therapists respect a child’s comfort level and never force them to prolong a session beyond their readiness. The goal is to build positive associations that encourage the child’s enthusiasm to return. Forcing the child to stay longer than they want will not be conducive to learning new skills or building and maintaining trust.

Building Trust Over Time
Establishing trust with the therapist is a gradual process for the child. Similar to adults who may be hesitant to share inner thoughts with a stranger, it is unrealistic to expect immediate trust from a child. The initial few sessions, and sometimes longer, focus on nurturing trust, developing the therapeutic relationship, and gaining a deeper understanding of the child.

Diverse Approaches to Child Therapy
Child therapy doesn’t always appear like the traditional portrayals in the media. Unlike the image of someone on a couch in deep conversation, this is not an accurate representation of child therapy. Most children will not engage in traditional talk therapy to have deep conversations about what is troubling them as adults would. As such, the child therapist is trained to obtain relevant information and provide the child with essential skills through other modalities, such as play.

Home as an Extension of Therapy
While therapists spend limited time with the child during sessions, the caregiver plays a crucial role in reinforcing therapy at home. Just as a child needs reminders for everyday tasks, such as brushing their teeth, caregivers are responsible for prompting and supporting the child in practicing the skills learned during therapy. Like learning any new skill, practice makes progress.

Mutual Engagement in the Therapeutic Process
Caregivers are integral to the therapeutic process. The therapist may offer recommendations based on observed interactions, encouraging caregivers to manage situations and behaviors more effectively. Learning to navigate their own emotions and behaviors equips caregivers to better support their child, sometimes necessitating their own individual therapy.

Collaboration for the Child’s Success
Therapists are allies with the child’s best interests at heart. Open communication is crucial; caregivers should share thoughts and concerns, enabling therapists to tailor the therapy to the child’s unique needs and goals. If a particular approach isn’t yielding results, caregivers are encouraged to communicate with the therapist for alternative strategies. Together, caregivers and therapists form a collaborative team dedicated to the child’s success and well-being.