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Anxiety Counselling in Coquitlam, BC and Online

Clinical & Effective Support for Anxiety

As a certified counsellor in Coquitlam, I offer evidence-based, trauma-informed treatment for anxiety that supports both the mind and the nervous system. Together, we’ll explore the roots of your anxiety and build practical tools to help you feel calmer, more grounded, and more in control.

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Symptoms of Anxiety:

Common symptoms of anxiety often feel like: 

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  • racing thoughts

  • chronic worry

  • panic attacks

  • difficulty relaxing

  • muscle tension

  • sleep difficulties or insomnia

  • overthinking

  • emotional overwhelm

  • irritability

  • difficulty concentrating

  • fear of losing control

  • feeling constantly “on edge”

  • restlessness or inability to slow down

  • ongoing self-criticism

  • perfectionism

  • people-pleasing 

  • avoidance of stressful situations

  • fear of judgment or rejection

  • social anxiety 

  • discomfort around others

  • chest tightness or shortness of breath

  • rapid heartbeat or heart palpitations

  • digestive issues or nausea

  • headaches

  • chronic fatigue

  • feeling disconnected from yourself or others

  • emotional numbness

  • difficulty making decisions

  • feeling overhwhelmed easily

  • needing constant reassurance

  • intrusive or repetitive thoughts

  • feeling unsafe even when nothing is wrong

  • heightened sensitivity to stress

  • difficulty setting boundaries

  • burnout and exhaustion

  • fear of failure

  • catastrophizing or expecting the worst

  • trouble being present or grounded

  • feeling stuck in “fight, flight, freeze, or fawn” responses

  • increased sensitivity to conflict or tension

  • difficulty trusting yourself or others

  • shame or feelings of “not being good enough”

  • trouble relaxing during downtime

  • feeling overwhelmed by everyday responsibilities

  • withdrawing from relationships

  • difficulty enjoying activities you once enjoyed

  • difficulty relaxing and slowing down

Addressing anxiety through counselling therapy is an effective way to reduce symptoms, find comfort and learn how to regulate your nervous system and improve your quality of life, relationships and well-being.

What Causes Anxiety

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Anxiety can develop for many reasons. Some of the most common include:

  • Trauma or chronic stress
    Difficult or unsafe experiences can leave the nervous system in a heightened “alert” state.

  • Car accidents (MVAs)
    Even when physical injuries heal, the nervous system may stay reactive, sensitive or hypervigilant.

  • Life transitions and major changes
    Moving, starting a new job, becoming a parent, divorce, or loss can create uncertainty and overwhelm.

  • Attachment wounds - they way our caregivers responded to us when we were little may have had a strong effects on how our nervous system responds to stress and anxiety and how capable we are at regulating these responses

  • Long-term pressure and burnout
    When your responsibilities exceed your internal resources, the body may respond with anxiety.

  • Genetic and biological factors
    Some people are naturally more sensitive or reactive to stress.

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Anxiety is not a character flaw—it is a response from the body and mind trying to protect you.

What Anxiety Responds To

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Anxiety often improves with counselling therapy. Counselling support for anxiety helps:

  • Regulate the nervous system

  • Build internal and external safety cues

  • Feel safer emoitonally and physically

  • Reducing and decrease racing thoughts and feeling of "doom"

  • Break free from negative thinking about self and heal the feelings of being "not good enough"

  • Identify and heal learned responses from early years

  • Develop coping skills for difficult thoughts and emotions

  • Strengthen the connection between mind, body and breath

  • Understand the story your anxiety is telling you

  • Cultivate connection, self-compassion and emotional clarity

The right combination of therapeutic approaches can reduce symptoms, increase resilience and help you feel more settled within yourself.

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Therapy Can Help You:

  • Reduce panic, tension and overwhelm

  • Understand your triggers and patterns

  • Calm your nervous system more easily

  • Feel more confident and in control

  • Build tools to cope with stress and uncertainty

  • Sleep better and think more clearly

  • Trust yourself and your body again

 

Healing from anxiety is possible. You don’t need to quiet your mind alone.

How I Treat Anxiety

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​I use a blend of somatic, cognitive and trauma-informed approaches to help you understand your anxiety and shift the patterns that keep it going.

 

EMDR Therapy

We help our brain process the events that have informed and shaped the anxiety response. We work towards creating a safe, regulated response to anxiety triggers and towards regulation of nervous system through adaptive processing.

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Attachment-based Therapy

By identifying and healing relational patterns that we have learned in early years, we heal our ability to respond with anxiety, withdrawl or anger.

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Polyvagal-Informed Therapy

We work with your nervous system—not against it. Through gentle techniques that increase safety, grounding and internal regulation, we help the body move out of fight-or-flight and into calm and connection.

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Somatic Work

Your body holds valuable information. By tuning into physical sensations, tension patterns and emotional signals, we learn how to release stored stress and build body-based coping tools.

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

We look at the anxious thoughts that repeat in your mind, explore where they come from, and learn skills to shift, soften or challenge them.

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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

You’ll gain emotional regulation skills, grounding strategies and distress-tolerance tools that help you navigate overwhelming moments more effectively.

 

Together, these approaches support whole-person healing—mind, body and nervous system.
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​​Anxiety Therapy in Coquitlam for Calmer, More Confident Living

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Ready to reduce stress and regain control? I provide personalized anxiety therapy in Coquitlam, along with online counselling anywhere in BC through phone or video sessions.

 

Call, text or whatsapp:

778-788-4159
Email: olga@feelgoodcounselling.com


Or book your session online here:

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You deserve to feel safe, calm, and at home within yourself. Let’s begin.

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