Addiction Woodbridge VA - Stress Reduction Clinic

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• Addiction Woodbridge VA - Stress Reduction
  Clinic

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Live with greater calm, balance, and resilience

• Stress is an attempt by the body to adjust or
  adapt to change. Since change is an element of
  being alive, we can expect that stress is an
  inevitable part of living.

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• If you are using substances or processes to
  medicate stress, we offer a range of
  effective stress reduction techniques that
  support recovery. Explore new ways of managing
  stress, and design a plan for living with greater
  balance, calm, and resilience.

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• Learn to respond with more ease and control,
  and reduce the reactivity that so many of us are
  vulnerable to.
• We utilize a range evidence-based techniques
  for managing the mental, emotional, physical, and
  relationship symptoms of stress.

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Symptoms of Stress

• How does stress show up in your life?
• Stress reactions tend to take similar forms,
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• Experiences of distress, tension, anxiety,
  and worry. Our patterns of thinking and feeling
  about the world often exacerbate our response to
  stress.

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• Physical symptoms such as raised blood
  pressure, tension headaches, or digestive
  problems. Chronic stress tends to create
  dis-ease. Take a pro-active approach to stress
  and protect your health.

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• Unhealthy habits, such as smoking,
  overeating, and overdrinking. These short-term
  solutions to changing how we feel in the moment
  often create their own health issues in the
  long-term.

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• Suffering deterioration in performance and
  concentration. If you are noticing that keeping
  up with life is becoming a challenge, you could
  need some skills to help you reset your mind,
  body, and emotions.

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• Increased conflicts or decreased satisfaction
  in personal relationships. Harmonious and
  satisfying relationships are the best antidote to
  stress that we have. Get your connections back on
  track so that they are a source of support and
  comfort.

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Tailored Programs

• Want an effective program that works for you?
• We offer a range of evidence-based approaches
  to stress reduction, resilience, and emotional
  calm.

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• Following a thorough biopsychosocial
  assessment, highlighting your vulnerabilities to
  stress, we create a custom-designed program for
  you. This can include any of the following

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• Emotional regulation skills. Being able to
  connect to our emotional world, tolerate what
  happens on the inside of us, and soothe during
  times of distress is essential for peaceful
  living.

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• Cognitive techniques that restructure
  problematic ways of thinking about the world.
  Challenge the value and beliefs that compromise
  resilience. Learn ways of thinking that generate
  positive emotions and problem solving skills.

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• Physical relaxation tools. Explore ways to
  create calm from the inside-out. Reduce the
  effects of stress on the body and experience
  greater energy and improved sleeping.

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• Relationship review. Heal past hurts,
  communicate more openly, learn how to share your
  needs, and feel more connected to those you love.
  Explore stressful relationships at work or in
  your personal life and ways to manage these in
  more satisfying ways. 
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