Are you a first responder facing mental health challenges? Homewood Health Centre can help. Find out more

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety is a natural stress response that typically involves worry, fear or nervousness. A reasonable amount of anxiety can be helpful in certain situations, as it can provide additional motivation in cases such as preparing for a test or a job interview. However, anxiety can be considered a disorder when it becomes severe, persistent and interferes with daily life. Some examples of anxiety disorders include Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia.

Are you currently dealing with anxiety?

Anxiety can have a significant impact on you and your family. It can cause persistent and difficult-to-control worry or fear, leading to physical symptoms such as fatigue, headaches, muscle tension, and difficulty sleeping. It can also interfere with daily activities, relationships, and overall quality of life.

By combining a highly skilled clinical team, a robust treatment program, and the support of friends and family, you can improve your life and feel happier and healthier.

Homewood's Expertise in Treating Anxiety

Programs are built on a foundation of dialectical behavioural therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing, behavioural activation, interpersonal therapy, art, music horticulture, and recreation therapies
Programming is in small group formats with patient goals in mind – involving interdisciplinary teams of physicians, psychotherapists, psychologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers, pharmacists, and occupational and recreation therapists who address physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of healing
Structured and paced programming over nine weeks to provide sufficient time to allow for stabilization and skills development
A focus on symptom reduction and restoring functional abilities – helping patients understand their condition and their emotions by learning skills and strategies to cope better so they can get back to work, school and life
Trauma-informed environments and staff that promote physical and emotional safety for our patients and practice through a bio-psycho-social-spiritual lens

Addressing anxiety with someone you care about

Specialized Programs Offered for Anxiety

Highly structured curriculums include assessment, group therapy, medication management, and mindfulness-based interventions.

Recovery Management

Coming to the Homewood Health Centre is often the beginning of the recovery journey. Homewood offers different recovery management and outpatient programs that provide professional support and guidance to help individuals sustain their recovery.

Homewood’s recovery management initiatives focus on skill consolidation, relapse prevention, overall wellness, and the involvement of one’s family and support system. These offerings can be tailored to meet the needs of each client.

For more information on Homewood’s recovery management services, please email us at treatment@homewoodhealth.com

Understanding the Impact of Anxiety

Despite the debilitating symptoms that anxiety can lead to, it is treatable. With the support of friends and family and a combination of a trusted treatment program and self-care techniques, people with anxiety can lead healthier, happier lives.

Measurement-Based Care through Homewood Touchpoint

Homewood Touchpoint is an innovative, integrated, standardized measurement tool developed explicitly with our patients in mind.

Patients can better understand their recovery and work with their clinicians using friendly, graphical tools.

Clinicians can use this information to develop treatment plans and evaluate progress.