Anxiety isn’t just worry—it’s a persistent, overwhelming feeling that can disrupt your thoughts, drain your energy, and make even simple tasks feel impossible. It can show up as racing thoughts, difficulty concentrating, constant overthinking, physical tension, or even panic attacks. Left unmanaged, anxiety can take over your daily life, affecting your work, relationships, sleep, and overall well-being. But the good news is, anxiety is treatable, and you don’t have to manage it alone.

Working with one of our Counsellors will help you ease the symptoms of anxiety while also uncovering what’s fueling it. Whether anxiety is triggered by stress, past experiences, self-doubt, or patterns of negative thinking, counseling provides a safe space to explore the root cause.

More importantly, you’ll learn proven tools and techniques to regain control—practical strategies to calm your mind, shift anxious thought patterns, and develop long-term coping skills. Imagine feeling more at peace, more confident, and able to face life with a sense of calm rather than fear. Relief is possible, and support is available—book a session today and take the first step toward feeling like yourself again.

Generalized Anxiety

Anxiety can feel like a heavy weight, but it’s important to know that anxiety is a normal response to stress.  It’s your body’s way of reacting to a perceived threat or uncertainty.

While occasional anxiety is natural and normal, ongoing feelings of worry, tension, or fear can start to interfere with your life, your relationships and
your well-being.

And when it lingers and starts to affect your everyday life, or becomes constant or overwhelming, it can take a toll on you.

At Penney Murphy & Associates, we understand that living with anxiety isn’t easy, but it’s important to remember—you don’t have to face it alone.

If you’ve been feeling anxious lately, you might recognize some of these symptoms:

• Constant worrying or overthinking
• Trying to find solutions to all of the ‘What If’s’
• Restlessness or feeling “on edge”
• Fatigue or difficulty sleeping
• Trouble concentrating or feeling distracted
• Muscle tension, headaches, or aches
• Irritability or short temper

Social Anxiety can impact your daily life in many ways, including:

• Fear of judgment or negative evaluation by others
• Avoiding social gatherings or interactions
• Physical symptoms such as a racing heart, trembling, blushing, sweating, or nausea
• Difficulty engaging in conversations or public speaking
• Trouble making conversation or maintaining eye contact
• Worrying about being embarrassed or humiliated
• Fear of saying the wrong thing
• Difficulty with eye contact or holding conversations
• Feeling self-conscious or overly critical of your actions

Book a session with any of our Counsellors and start feeling long term relief from your anxiety right away! 
In the meantime, please try one of our favourite techniques to get some instant relief. 
Simply click on any of the images below for step by step instructions. 

Acknowledging and accepting anxiety can help reduce its intensity, allowing you to focus on your behavior instead of the fear.

Any or all of these  can be powerful tools for managing anxiety in everyday situations.

If your anxiety feels too heavy to manage alone, remember that it is a specialty area for us at Penney Murphy & Associates.  Every member on our Counselling Team is highly trained and experienced in anxiety management.

Book a session and learn more about anxiety, and how it affects you, specifically.  We’ll share effective techniques and strategies to help you move through anxiety and into confidence.

We’re here to listen and with our personalized approach, you’ll find strategies that bring lasting relief and really work for you.