Westside Therapy​​

 

 

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Online EMDR, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy

providing support during the stress of COVID-19 pandemic 

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    STRESS....
    ...it can overwhelm and leave us anxious, depressed and/or feeling confused.

    Stress can be defined as a state of body tension and worry due to problems that threaten your way of being. This may shift perspectives towards the tense and/or negative, possibly interfering with our overall sense of well-being. If stress is chronic, it can cause a person to feel anxiety, depression and an inability to rest.

    Possible causes of stress:

    Which may include, but are not limited to some of the following:

    • COVID-19 lock down

    • life transitions

    • job stress

    • loss of job

    • moving

    • rejections

    • negative/ disparaging comments

    • failure

    • distressed relationships 

    • communication difficulties

    • parenting stress 

    Possible effects of stress:

    Which may include, but are not limited to some of the following:

    • anxiety

    • worry

    • sadness/depression

    • stressed thinking

    • perfectionism

    • agitation/ irritability

    • negative and critical beliefs of self

    • feeling overwhelmed

    • denial

    • helplessness/ hopelessness

    • loneliness/ isolation

    • racing thoughts 

    • muscle tension

    • feeling of hyper drive

    • freeze reactions