Lifestyle Counseling
Lifestyle Counseling involves identifying risk factors that could be affecting your health and making recommendations to optimize your physical, mental, and environmental wellbeing.
Healthy coping mechanisms are recommended, in addition to cognitive behavioural therapies where indicated, in order to assist your body and mind to make healthy responses to stressors. These tools allow you to become more conscious of your body and mind, making proactive choices regarding your health and ownership of how you think and respond to daily stressors.
Often, the impact of stress has been found to be at the root cause of many common health concerns including:
Lifestyle counseling allows you to:
Addressing the mind-body connections to health is just as important as addressing physical symptoms. Naturopathic Doctors take the time to provide compassionate care and listen to each patient. Since stress plays a signifiant role in all of our lives, incorporating effective stress management techniques is a vital aspect of each visit. Stress management skills may include breathing techniques, meditation, self-care, journaling and cognitive restructuring.
Healthy coping mechanisms are recommended, in addition to cognitive behavioural therapies where indicated, in order to assist your body and mind to make healthy responses to stressors. These tools allow you to become more conscious of your body and mind, making proactive choices regarding your health and ownership of how you think and respond to daily stressors.
Often, the impact of stress has been found to be at the root cause of many common health concerns including:
- Depression
- Panic attacks
- High blood pressure
- Weakened Immune System
- Insomnia
- Low energy
- Irregular menses
- Digestive Issues including Irritable Bowel Syndrome and heart burn
- Inflammation
- Diabetes and Insulin Resistance
- Weight gain
Lifestyle counseling allows you to:
- Identify obstacles affecting your health and discuss limitations
- Become more conscious aware of your current state
- Change thought patterns which may be detrimental to your mental health
- Change behavioural patterns through cognitive behavioural therapies
- Channel stress into productivity
- Stabilize mood disturbances
Addressing the mind-body connections to health is just as important as addressing physical symptoms. Naturopathic Doctors take the time to provide compassionate care and listen to each patient. Since stress plays a signifiant role in all of our lives, incorporating effective stress management techniques is a vital aspect of each visit. Stress management skills may include breathing techniques, meditation, self-care, journaling and cognitive restructuring.
