Lexi Gayne Psychotherapy

Living with anxiety or depression is exhausting. It can feel like you're watching your own life from a distance, trying to run a marathon every day just to keep up. The ease, lightness, and warmth you see in others can feel completely out of reach—as though you're doing life wrong and they somehow have it right—leaving you with a sense of dread or numbness.

My goodness, I get this. And I want you to know there is another way to live.

Therapy offers a path to understanding and moving through these overwhelming feelings. We will find practical ways to address both the symptoms and their underlying causes, helping you reclaim your energy and feel more present and connected to your life again.

Closeness and intimacy to another person is more than just a desire, it is a basic human need. Relationship counselling can be beneficial to couples who are looking to strengthen their emotional connection in all stages of their relationship. Therapy can also serve as a way to strengthen an already good thing. Our sessions offer a supportive place where there is an opportunity to discuss issues and solutions to better improve any relationship, whether romantic, platonic, work-related, parental, etc. From a neutral perspective, I am here to listen to what you have to say and help illuminate both sides of a situation. It is important to understand your relationship dynamics, and see the other’s point of view.

Our lives may be shaped by particularly prominent events that can keep us stuck in a distressing place and affect our relationships and other aspects of life.  Individuals can experience symptoms associated with painful and traumatic circumstances like anxiety, fear, and hopelessness which can linger and interfere with our sense of safety or ability to connect with others.  Our work together can lead you to overcoming these symptoms, and help you get unhooked from the trauma in your past that is intruding on your present.

I will act as a sounding board for you to talk about whatever stresses you are experiencing.  We’d start by identifying the causes of your stress and work together to develop better ways to manage these issues. There are many benefits to stress management. Imagine the possibility of having more energy for other things in your life, being able to maintain resilience, have more patience, better focus and memory, improve other brain functions, and have greater access to your intuition. Reducing stress can have huge impacts on your physical, mental, and emotional health. 

Psychotherapy does not replace the essential care of a physician or specialized eating disorder practitioner. Sometimes it is helpful to have mental and emotional support while overcoming an eating disorder, and psychotherapy can be beneficial in that case. I have a unique understanding of the effects an eating disorder can have on the body, mind, and emotions, and am able to support you in those areas. In addition to your specialized practitioner, we could look closely at some of the thoughts and feelings associated with your eating disorder to help you become more aware of the chain that leads to these disordered behaviours.  We would also analyze your core beliefs to see if we can pinpoint what might have influenced the manifestation of the eating disorder.

There is a belief that well-being includes the combined health of a person’s mind, body, and soul.  The spiritual component of my practice looks at freeing the mind of any negative energies and replacing them with positive healing energies that restore all elements of well-being.  Individuals who suffer from any type of emotional imbalance may choose to rely on forms of spiritual therapy to help them overcome obstacles. An individual may place their beliefs in a supreme being for guidance or simply draw strength and beliefs from within. By gaining the self-confidence to feel empowered, spirituality in therapy can address many forms of distress such as grief, relationship issues or everyday stress.