Top 10 Anxiety Management Techniques

Top 10 Anxiety Management Techniques

  The following was adapted from Margaret Wehrenberg’s book Ten Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques.   Anxiety can be defined as a feeling of worry or nervousness related to a real or an imagined event. Brief anxiety can help us adapt to our...
Using Grounding to Detach from Emotional Pain

Using Grounding to Detach from Emotional Pain

Source: Lisa Najavits, PhD   WHAT IS GROUNDING? Grounding is a set of simple strategies to detach from emotional pain (for example, drug cravings, self-harm impulses, anger, sadness). Distraction works by focusing outward on the external world—rather than inward...
CFSSC Stories – Kristen – Anxiety Counselling

CFSSC Stories – Kristen – Anxiety Counselling

*The name of the client has been changed to protect confidentiality Kristen is a college student who has endured a lot of loss in the past few years. Both her mom and uncle passed away after long battles with cancer, her dog needed to be put down, and her boyfriend...