Anxiety & Stress Relief Program

Want Practical Solutions for Managing Anxiety, Panic and Stress?

Find relief through our 8 week Program

A transformational and cost effective solution to help you overcome anxiety, fear, panic and stress no matter how long you have been suffering…

This course uses results-proven, step-by-step concrete strategies to help you achieve lasting relief from the negative effects of anxiety, stress and panic.  You’ll find out how to restore your sense of well being by getting control of your feelings, your thoughts, your behaviour and your life!

How to register:

Participants will be required to have an initial brief phone interview with myself, Claire Maisonneuve, the leader of the group, to ensure that this program is appropriate for your needs.

Please email me:  claire@anxietyandstressrelief.com  or call me at 604-732-3930 to set up a time for an interview and to answer any questions you may have about the program.

Classes fill up quickly so contact me early to avoid disappointment.

A Unique Program

One of the features that makes this program so unique is that rather than just focusing on what’s wrong with you or what needs fixing, we focus on building and strengthening what’s right in you, what’s healthy and good.  Sometimes when we are stuck in our fears and worries we lose our sense of confidence to rise above challenges.  This program shows you how to harness your hidden personal strengths and cultivate your inner powers for well-being.

How Does This Approach Differ From Others

Unlike other approaches that treat the symptoms of anxiety, panic and stress, who may suggest that you distract yourself from your thoughts and feelings to “get over it and move on”, our program will show you that the first step to overcoming anxiety and panic is not to distract yourself at all, but instead to learn to get comfortable with your fearful and worrisome thoughts and feelings!

Now you are probably wondering how will I ever feel comfortable with these horrible feelings and why do I need to do this anyway? Because as you will learn in this program, you can’t control what you feel in life, you can only control what you do with what you feel.  Running away from your feelings or trying to numb them out is at the root of anxiety, stress and panic.

In this 8 week program you will learn:

• the root cause of anxiety, stress and panic
• how to manage anxiety, stress and panic attacks
• how to control your feelings so they don’t control you
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy principles to help you change your thoughts
• four essential skills to quickly get grounded, centered and focused when having anxiety or panic
• vital techniques of proper breathing to calm your mind immediately
• powerful techniques of concentration to quiet the mind and break the vicious cycle of worry, fear and panic
• strategies to live in the moment
• skills to care for your soul

To be free from the worry, fear, guilt and the loneliness that so often accompanies anxiety, stress and panic you must recover your ability to trust yourself and feel worthy.  This program helps you shed your self-doubts and increase your sense of self-esteem.

To get there you need to develop essential life skills that no amount                                                   of medication can provide you with. 

Who am I to make this claim and how can I be so confident? 

My name is Claire Maisonneuve and I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor.  For over 20 years as Director of the Alpine Anxiety and Stress Relief Clinic I have helped thousands of people, both one on one and in groups achieve relief from their symptoms.

My unique and innovative counseling approach addresses stress, anxiety and panic from a mind, body and spiritual perspective.  It combines the following elements:

• advanced techniques of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• unique training in Body Centered Therapy
• some of the latest and best researched psychological methods
• practical wisdom derived from 25 years of meditation practice and working with the breath

Just note 

This is *not* a quick fix program.  If you want to discover the best ways for overcoming symptoms of anxiety, panic and stress, I need 8 weeks to take you through the process and show you how, and you will need 8 weeks to implement the strategies put forth with the right kind of effort.  If you attend the 8 weeks and follow all the steps, you’ll see results.  Results that will be sure to last a lifetime. 

Program Structure

Each class is divided into three parts. In the first third of the class we practice the two foundational skills of the program, which includes the breathing practices lying on the floor on a mat. Then the meditation practice, which we do sitting in a chair.

The second part is the main lecture in which I expand on the different reasons why we suffer from anxiety, stress and panic, specifically what it takes to be free from these difficult states of mind and teach you a variety of skills to help you heal.

The final part of the class is a chance to ask questions, clarifications or share some of your own experiences with the methods.  Sharing is always optional.

This is not a therapy group but rather it is a program to help you acquire very specific strategies that you can use right away to help you heal.

Participants are asked to make a committed effort to attend all 8 classes and must be willing to dedicate 15 to 30 minutes daily to practice the skills taught in the class.