First Responders
& High Stress Occupations
If your work a high stress job, you likely do so with pride and consider your profession to be an important part of your identity. Despite the training these jobs come with, however, chronic stress can lead to burnout and carry other costs.
Some of these include:
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Trouble "switching off"
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Difficulty sleeping
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Increased anger or irritability
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Chronic anxiety or worry
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Numbing out through substance use, extreme sports, pornography or other high-intensity activities
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Feeling alone or unable to relate to others
None of this is permanent, however, and all these symptoms can be worked through to give you back your best self.
“Trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind, brain, and body...It changes not only how we think and what we think about, but also our very capacity to think.”
Bessel van der Kolk
How Does Counselling Work?
Whether you are seeking therapy for post-traumatic stress, burnout,
or some other challenge, it generally follows three steps.
Immediate Relief
Phase one is immediate relief. This involves tools to manage stress or other intense emotions and learning what is happening inside your body and brain. There is often a good reason for all the confusing things going on. Your body is not broken, it has just adapted to stress.
Action and Change
With safety and stability established, we can now begin the work. In this phase, we will actively address and resolve the lingering stress and emotions that you're seeking help for. This is the part where you really get to feel like you are getting your old self back.
Self-Mastery
A primary goal of therapy is to give you the tools you need to be your own therapist. That is what this phase is about. By understanding yourself deeply and knowing what helps or hurts, you gain insight into how to relate to the world in a way that brings you meaning and fulfilment.
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778-860-4434