Counselling for Anxiety in Vancouver
We’re here to help you live an empowered life free from anxiety
Anxiety is treatable, with counselling
Working with one of our Vancouver counsellors to support your anxiety is an opportunity to walk into the world empowered with the tools to face challenges and manage your physical and emotional anxiety.
When anxiety is experienced, you are unknowingly establishing automatic patterns that keep you stuck in the same stressful anxiety cycle(s). This creates tension in your body and fatigue in your mind. These triggers are helpful when we are in danger, but when these worries are irrational or out of proportion to reality, it makes it exhausting to finish everyday tasks and maintain healthy relationships.
Experiencing anxiety can feel like…
- Your thoughts go to the worst-case-scenario all the time
- You worry about what you “should be” doing at this stage of your life, and think negatively about yourself, rather than enjoying the present
- You compare yourself to others and experience negative thoughts about how others perceive you
- You have distorted thoughts that lead to avoidance and isolation, hindering social connections and increasing shameful feelings
- You experience racing thoughts that can cause you to feel so overwhelmed that you are unable to be present in the moment
- You have a consistent need to distract yourself to avoid feeling and thinking
- You experience physical symptoms in your body, like digestive issues and muscle tension
How counselling helps your anxiety
As therapists, it is our job to help you identify, unpack, and break patterns of negative thinking that feed and harbour fear in your body. Through the use of empirically valid, holistic therapeutic techniques like Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, and CBT, we will teach you how to reduce stress and regulate your anxiety in real-time, helping you to remain present.
This will ultimately allow you to worry less, gain more confidence, strengthen your relationships, increase your productivity, and find more fulfilment and joy in your life.
How to start with an anxiety counsellor
Step 1: Book your free consultation
Come as you are and share a low-pressure call with our team. We will help you with your concerns and discuss your mental health options.
Step 2: Match with your counsellor
Our team will match you with the Sana counsellor with the skills that are best suited to support your specific anxiety needs.
Step 3: Your first session
This session is often a meet and greet and treatment planning with your new counsellor. Together you’ll go deeper into your mental health concerns, goals, and treatment options.
“Thank you for everything you have done for me, thank you for being my constant support as your wise words echo in my mind whenever I am anxious or uncertain.” ”
Anxiety can be difficult to talk about and exhausting to live with
At Sana, we understand mental health challenges personally, which enables us to provide a deeply empathetic approach to our practice. Our team members can support you with EMDR, Somatic therapy, CBT, and the humanistic approach we tailor each session to your unique needs.