Tools for Treating Anxiety

This fast-paced and interactive workshop will provide you with the opportunity to learn and practise proven methods to help clients with anxiety disorders.

Clients who are beset by anxiety — panic, dread, embarrassment, phobia, etc. — typically have difficulty attending to other things in their lives, including the underlying conditions that might contribute to anxiety. When clients feel relief from the arousal of anxious symptoms, the real work of psychotherapy can begin to change behaviour and create lasting psychological health.

You will learn techniques that will teach your clients how to reduce their anxiety symptoms within weeks of starting therapy and that will complement both short- and long-term modalities.

Focus during the seminar day will be not only on enhancing your techniques, but also on ways to enhance client compliance in applying these techniques themselves. The Seminar will also address the appropriate use of medications.

After the seminar, participants will be able to teach and apply the following methods:

Margaret Wehrenberg, PsyD, is a nationally recognized expert on the treatment of anxiety and depression, with extensive training and expertise in the neurobiology of psychological disorders. She is a co-founder of the Reflex Delay Syndrome (RDS) Research and Training Institutes. Her studies in neurochemistry, brain function, and wellness have led her to a holistic approach to treating clients. She is the author of The Ten Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques and co-author of the recently published Anxious Brain: The Neurobiological Basis of Anxiety Disorders and How to Effectively Treat Them. For more information, please see www.margaretwehrenberg.com.