How to Find an Anxiety Therapist in Provo

How to Find an Anxiety Therapist in Provo

While Provo offers beautiful views, social opportunities, quick access to all things outdoors, you find yourself feeling out of sorts and at times like a fish out of water. You know you could benefit from some extra tools & support from someone who gets it and can help you make sense of it all. You’ve tried off of the basic tools to help you manage the pressure, angst, and comparisons and you still feel stuck in the what if’s, how do I measure up’s, the chatter in your head that seems to never sleep.

A New Way of Thinking About Exercise

More Pain, More Gain... Go Hard or Go Home...Train Insane or Remain the Same...

Any of these sayings ring a bell? They’re sentiments I’ve often run (pun intended) into when discussing, exploring, or reading about exercise. These, among other concerning phrases, seem to assert the idea that physical activity is not something to be enjoyed but a painful activity to be endured for the sake of “results”. This idea prevents people, including a younger me and many of my clients, from appreciating what bodies are capable of. I’m here to say, it doesn’t have to be that way (I’m certainly not the first to say this.) So let's talk a bit about intuitive movement and how it differs from mainstream ideas of exercise.

5 Ways to Combat Negative Body Image

When you look in the mirror, you feel sad and disgusted. A series of negative thoughts run through your head and you worry about leaving your house looking this way. You decide to change your outfit for the 3rd time this morning, but as you’re standing there looking at your clothes you start to feel frustrated. You want to feel confident and think about your body less. You’re tired of negative body image disrupting your life, and you start to think about what you could do to improve your body image...

When Decision Making is Stressful

When Decision Making is Stressful

You want to feel confident about the decisions you make, but self-doubt and fear of what others think often gets in your way.

Your stomach knots up and you ask multiple people for reassurance before making a decision. You may have hoped other’s advice would bring some comfort but ultimately differing opinions have left you feeling confused and even a little angry. It’s impossible to make a decision that everyone agrees with, and you are worried about getting it right. You feel paralyzed and wish you could trust your judgment.

What is Shame?

According to Brene Brown, a brilliant social worker and shame-researcher, “shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing we are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance or belonging.” It can be crippling and cause us to feel self-loathing, loneliness, and despair. When we’re stuck in shame, we generally don’t feel motivated to make changes, but instead, focus on our many short-comings.

Guilt Gone Wrong

Do you spend hours worrying that you said or did the wrong thing and may have hurt someone’s feelings? Do you obsess over mistakes you made? Do you take responsibility for things outside of your control and feel guilty that you couldn’t do more? Do you agonize over saying no to someone and/or continually agree to do things you don’t want to?

If any of these questions ring true, you might be someone who struggles with excessive guilt.

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Is there more to rest than guilt?

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Is there more to rest than guilt?

When you think about taking a moment to rest, you feel guilty and worry that you might be lazy. There are better ways to spend your time, and honestly, you have a hard time relaxing anyway. But in the back of your mind, you’re thinking that it might be nice and you’ve been pretty stressed lately. Now you’re caught between two warring sides and unsure what to do. What if you rest, and it’s a waste of time that leaves you feeling worse? But what if you could rest, guilt free, with the knowledge that in some ways, you are being productive?