Stress

We all experience times when our resources don't quite match our needs.  We call this stress.   Sometimes stress moves us to new ideas, better solutions and hard work to successfully achieve our goals.  Other times stress works against our success.  That is when we can help.

Sometimes stress hinders us, keeps us stuck and holds us down.  It can be ongoing, unresolved and destructive.   Stress like this will show up in a number of ways like anger, anxiety, quilt and depression.  We help our clients address each of these issues.

Ongoing, unresolved stress will also show up in our bodies.  Just consider the three most common ways we soothe ourselves during stress: eating, drugs and alcohol and tobacco.   So we find that stress impacts our body through weight gain, sleep issues, addiction, heart disease, auto immune conditions and more.  We help our clients face the underlying stress while creating a path to a life of wellness.

Stress shows up in our relationships too.   When we feel stressed (or angry or anxious or depressed) we reach out to the people in our lives.   Sometimes, in our stress, relationships are not as harmonious, caring or satisfying as we desire.   Our stress influences how we act and how other respond to us.   During a time of stress, close, safe relationships are essential.  We help our clients identify what is working and what can work better in their relationships so they can increase their most valuable resource when dealing with stress.

Certain relationships are characterized by stress and conflict.  Some people are driven toward conflict.  When we have high conflict people in our lives, everything else can become much more 
difficult.   Learning how to live with these people is essential.  When high conflict people are in our family or at our work it is even more important.  We work with clients helping them learn how to recognize, understand and love high conflict people.