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Finding the right therapist can feel difficult, especially when you are already dealing with anxiety, relationship stress, grief, anger, trauma, or a major life transition. Sometimes, the first step is simply finding a therapist who makes you feel comfortable enough to be honest about what you are going through. At Anchored Therapy Centre, we are pleased to introduce Alexander Tran, a compassionate therapist who provides psychotherapy for individuals, teens, couples, and fami

Occasional moments of worry or anxiety can help motivate people to do their best during exams or make a good impression during a job interview. But there are probably times when anxiety feels overwhelming, exhausting, and unmanageable, keeping you from being able to rest. In 2021, more than 3.4 million Canadians aged 12 and older (10.4%) reported having been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Knowing what the symptoms of anxiety are, what anxiety therapy Ontario can offer, a

Anxiety and depression rarely show up neatly separated; for some people, they can occur together, even when one feels more dominant than the other. Therapy for anxiety and depression works by addressing what's actually driving these patterns, not just managing symptoms as they come up day to day. Anxiety can make you feel high-alert and worried. Depression can cause you to be in a constant low and hopeless mood. And while that makes these conditions seem to be very different,

Emotions do not overwhelm people because they are too sensitive. They overwhelm people because something in the body's threat-detection system has learned to respond to emotional discomfort the same way it responds to physical danger. How to deal with overwhelming emotions is a question that rarely gets a useful answer because most advice stops at breathing exercises without addressing what is actually driving the intensity. Emotional overwhelm has been studied through the l

There's no warning sign for generalized anxiety. It creeps in slowly and presents itself as conscientiousness, high expectations, or just someone who cares deeply. Most people become addicted to their behavior before they seek assistance, meaning that they've been treating it as a personality trait for months or years. In 1980, in the DSM-III, GAD was first differentiated from the other anxiety disorders and officially acknowledged as a separate clinical syndrome that merits

You don't have to go through a traumatic incident yourself to be mentally affected by it. Vicarious trauma is exactly that experience: the emotional toll of repeatedly witnessing, hearing about, or absorbing someone else's pain. This kind of trauma is due to indirect trauma experienced by other people, mostly impacting individuals with caregiving roles. The symptoms are comparable to those of PTSD, for example, anxiety, psychological distress, and insomnia. A lot of helping

Have you ever sat across from your therapist only to realize that you feel as if you are speaking to a brick wall who will nod occasionally? Yes, then you should realize that it's okay and it doesn't mean that therapy is not for you. In all likelihood, it means that you have not yet found the right person. Knowing how to pick a therapist who will understand you can be quite hard, given the variety of therapists that exist in the Greater Toronto Area. Just in Mississauga, the

Have you ever been entirely happy in your own company, but then were informed that you have to be lonely? Singleness is different from aloneness, and getting these two confused will have an impact on how you perceive your life. Being single just refers to your relationship status. Alone is an emotion that can occur whether you are single or not. Once the two are confused, everyone begins to believe that being single means suffering, something that is hardly the case. Learning