Therapy for stress in Milwaukee, WI
Stop Struggling, Start Living
Does it feel like you’re constantly overwhelmed?
From the outside, your life looks full. You have the job, friends, and relationship you want, yet you feel unsettled inside. Nights are full of thoughts, and you get little to no rest. Running on fumes you try to make make good choices. You’ve been struggling to accomplish your goals because your mood hasn’t been stable. Overwhelmed and irritable at times and you feel like you want to run away.
Life just isn’t as fun and meaningful as it used to be. Moments of unhappiness come and go. You’ve tried to talk to your friends about what’s wrong but it never seems to help or change anything. You don't know why you can’t shake the feeling of being defeated.
Your wellbeing is valuable.
Sleepless nights and dreading tomorrow doesn’t have to be your life. Together we will work to find the underlying reasons why things have been so overwhelming for you, and learn the skills to manage how you feel.
In therapy, we will increase your awareness of your stressors and stress response. We will develop strategies to help you start focusing on the things you can control. Learning coping strategies will help you to deal with the things you are unable to. You will practice relaxation strategies such as breath work and meditation. Implementing boundaries will allow you to remove the things or people who are adding stress to your life.
Therapy for stress will help you:
Develop tools to help you manage your body’s stress reaction so you aren’t at the mercy of your stressors
Boost your resiliency
Make changes for a healthy lifestyle to keep stress at bay
Learn new insights and form a new relationship with your triggers so you can use stress for positive outcomes
Feel more in control of your life
Discover ways to replace stress with a sense of meaning and purpose
Identify and change negative thought patterns that both contribute to and result from stress
Let’s problem solve this together
Therapy can help.
FAQs
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People under stress experience mental and physical symptoms, such as irritability, anger, fatigue, muscle pain, digestive troubles, and difficulty sleeping. Anxiety, on the other hand, is defined by persistent, excessive worries that don't go away even in the absence of a stressor.
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As a Licensed Professional Counselor, it is out of my scope to prescribe medications. I will teach you strategies to help manage your stress levels.
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Yes. Working with a trained professional can be beneficial to reducing your stress levels.