Counselling & Psychotherapy at Barrie Anxiety Clinic
We specialize in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) — the gold standard treatment for anxiety disorders. We tailor our approach to each client's age, background, and personal circumstances, helping them understand the connection between thoughts, emotions, behaviours, and physical responses while building practical, life-long skills for preventing and managing anxiety and related biopsychosocial issues. Service is available in English and Russian.
Children
We support children through their developmental journey, helping them understand and navigate emotional, behavioural, and social challenges, and build lifelong skills to manage them independently.
Youth
We support youth facing anxiety, emotional and behavioural challenges, ADHD symptoms, digital overuse, low self-esteem, and social pressures.
Parents
We work with parents, caregivers, co-parents, and blended families to provide practical, evidence-based parenting guidance, tools, and strategies.
Adults
We help adults struggling with generalized and specific anxiety, work-related stress, difficult relationships and major life changes and transitions.
Issues we help overcome
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Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge. Not being able to stop or control worry. Trouble relaxing. Overthinking about different things. Muscle Tension. Sleep Issues.
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You have instances when you experience an abrupt surge of intense fear, pounding heart, shortness of breath, chest tightness, fear of losing control and/or fear of dying, nausea, dizziness, abdominal discomfort.
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Persistent and uncontrollable worry about getting into an accident. Avoiding driving or being in a vehicle. Pounding heart, shortness of breath, chills, sweating, chest pain or discomfort. Altered behavior while in a vehicle.
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Fear of interacting with others. Worry about embarrassing and humiliating yourself. Fear of others noticing that you are anxious. Overthinking about past or future social interactions. Nausea, dizziness, heart pounding, shortness of breath, blushing, and shaking in social settings.
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Excessive fear of being separated from the major attachment figure (parent, partner, caregiver, etc). Persistent refusal to be away from the major attachment figure.
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Excessive and uncontrollable worry about getting sick. Frequently checking your body for signs of illness. Mistrusting doctors' opinions or test results. Obsessively searching for medical information online. Altered behavior and avoidance.
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Extreme nervousness before or during participation in a specific activity. Racing heart, shallow breathing, dizziness, trembling. Irritability, anger, guilt, avoidance. Overthinking about the negative outcome of that activity, rumination on what could have been done differently.
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Flying, Driving/Passenger phobia, Animals, Insects, Water, Thunderstorms. Open spaces, Enclosed spaces, Social Settings, Contamination, Medical procedures.
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Restlessness, inability to stay still. Inability to wait your turn, interrupting others. Excessive talking, inability to stay quiet or listen. Difficulty staying focused on a task or a conversation. Being easily distracted.
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Anxiety and anger related to the overuse of videogames, social media, and sex-related online activities. Sleep problems and family conflicts related to digital overuse. Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)
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Obsessively checking social media. Excessive comparison. Feeling mentally exhausted. Having difficulty falling or staying asleep. Increased irritability, anxiety, depressed mood. Altered behavior and interpersonal problems.
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Arguing with adults or authority. Questioning and refusing to follow the rules. Irritability, anger, easily annoyed by others. Defiant behavior, vindictiveness. Blaming others for their misbehavior.