Toronto – Stress Therapy, Mindfulness psychotherapy can help you reduce levels of stress and improve your overall health.
A small amount of stress can be good, motivating you to perform well. But multiple challenges daily, such as sitting in traffic, meeting deadlines and paying bills, can push you beyond your ability to cope.
Your brain comes hard-wired with an alarm system for your protection. When your brain perceives a threat, it signals your body to release a burst of hormones that increase your heart rate and raise your blood pressure. This “fight-or-flight” response fuels you to deal with the threat.
Once the threat is gone, your body is meant to return to a normal, relaxed state. Unfortunately, the nonstop complications of modern life mean that some people’s alarm systems rarely shut off.
Stress therapy gives you a range of tools to reset your alarm system. It can help your mind and body adapt (resilience). Without it, your body might always be on high alert. Over time, chronic stress can lead to serious health problems. (Source: Mayo Clinic)
At Hicks Counselling Services we can help you reduce your symptoms of stress and explore making changes in your life to reduce the level of stress you experience. We can help you with Mindfulness based stress reduction and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. With psychotherapy, we can identity your triggers and change negative patterns of thinking that are contributing to your feelings of stress. Managing stress effectively can prevent health problems and improve your relationships.
Feel free to call Margaret directly at 416-822-9659 to book an initial appointment for stress therapy today.