Finding Freedom From Anxiety

About This Course

This course is designed to help you build a toolkit full of strategies and skills to help you manage anxiety and relieve stress. The video, audio, and downloadable material provided in the course will give you access to the most effective, evidence-based strategies for coping with anxiety and finding more peace in your life.

What You’ll Learn

A clear understanding of what anxiety is and what to do when you experience it
Step-by-step instructions of multiple coping skills
A guided meditation session to help you soothe anxiety and create peace
Evidence-based tools relied upon by therapists and anxiety experts
Practical information and guidance you can start implementing right away

About Dr. Denise Fournier, LMHC

Dr. Denise Fournier has been in the field of psychology since 2003 and working with clients as a psychotherapist since 2008. Throughout her time in the field, she’s studied under Buddhist teachers and refined an approach that integrates modern Western principles of human psychology with the ancient teachings and philosophies of the East. This approach is the cornerstone of her therapy practice, which takes clients through a journey of personal exploration and transformation.

After years of working one-on-one with clients and watching them achieve incredible changes through a combination of therapy and mindfulness practice, Dr. Fournier has decided to make the work accessible to a wider audience. This course is designed to be a self-paced process that serves as part-therapy, part-coaching, part-mindfulness practice, and part-personal development program. By sharing the perspectives and tools that have helped many of her clients achieve great success, Dr. Fournier hopes to help you start transforming your own life through mindfulness.

Welcome!

Welcome & Disclaimer

Understanding Anxiety

What Is Anxiety, And Why Do We Have It?

Common Signs & Symptoms of Anxiety

Breathing Techniques & Coping Skills

This section contains several techniques you can practice to help you soothe your anxiety and bring yourself back to a stable, calm baseline. It's important to keep in mind that not every technique will work the same way for everyone. For example, some people find that trying to use breathing techniques when anxious just amplifies the anxiety. For those people, grounding techniques and other coping methods that rely on distracting the mind away from the anxiety are much more effective. As you go through this section, keep in mind that your goal should be to experiment with these tools and see which ones works best for you.

A Quick Word On Coping Skills

Uneven Breathing

Containment Breathing

4-7-8 Breathing

Grounding 1 - 5-4-3-2-1

Grounding 2 - Body Sensations

Grounding 3 - Problem-Solving

Tapping

Let It Come, Let It Go

Mindfulness for Anxiety

This section contains a brief overview of what mindfulness is and how it can help you manage anxiety more effectively. This is followed by a guided meditation audio that you can practice anywhere, any time. You can find more expansive content on mindfulness and the role it plays in improving mental health at https://drdenisefournier.podia.com/mindfulness-for-mental-health?coupon=EVERGREEN

Using Mindfulness to Manage Anxiety

Guided Meditation: Anxiety

Tips, Tools, & Techniques

20 Ways to Manage Anxiety

Challenging Thought Distortions

Anxiety Coping Tracker