Course Features
- Lessons 26
- Quizzes 0
- Assignments 0
- Discussions 0
- Duration Unlimited
- Students 1214
- Certificates No
- Badges No
Welcome!
Have you been experiencing the following symptoms of anxiety, panic, fear, and stress?
- You have difficulty concentrating
- You have physical symptoms of aches in the body
- You have difficulty sleeping
- You experience panic attacks
- You experience regular intrusive thoughts
- Your mind wants to know what will happen constantly when you are faced with uncertainty
- You procrastinate with taking action on the things that seem challenging or require effort.
You may have found yourself in a position where you already tried to deal with these feelings on your own, but nothing has worked.
You keep experiencing the same feelings of anxiety and fear over and over again. It’s impacting your work performance, relationships and your level of happiness.
Dr Kasia Wilk, Counselling Psychologist, will guide you every step of the way with proven strategies that she has used to help hundreds of her private practice clients.
In this powerful 8-week course, you will be guided using video modules, experiential exercises, and homework assignments to make the necessary changes required to free yourself from the vicious cycle you are trapped in of feeling anxious and stressed.
You will have a personal workbook to work through. Download to Preview some of the pages.
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD Finding Freedom Workbook Ch 1-3
Benefits of the course:
-You are going to discover what it feels like to wake up in the morning and not feel anxious about your day
-You are going to feel confident in yourself that no matter how bad your anxiety is, you can handle it
-You are going to learn powerful strategies to calm your mind, so you have the energy to focus on what’s most important for you
-You are going to feel equipped to face your fears no matter how big they are
-You are going to learn how to have more control over your mindset and thoughts so they empower you rather than hold you back
-You will develop more self-awareness that gives you power to step outside the vicious circle of anxiety
-You are going to learn how to be with an emotion of anxiety and understand the message it gives you.
What you can expect from the course?
This course is for you if you are willing to put in the work and apply all the practical concepts that you will be given. When participants commit to diving all in and take onboard the lessons, they will experience breakthroughs that will serve them for the rest of their lives.
Please note that this course is not equivalent to having therapy or counselling sessions. If you are experiencing severe stress and anxiety that is impacting upon your basic daily functioning, it is advised that you seek professional medical advice before embarking on any self-help materials such as this online course.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Q: This course is 5 Chapters and includes 8 modules. Do I have to complete it in 8 weeks?
A: Each module will open up for you on a weekly basis and I encourage you to dive 100% into each module for a full week before you move on to the next one. It’s important to do the homework every day to get the results you seek. This gives you time to practice the concepts and strategies fully. It is also important to continue practicing the various techniques you will learn ongoingly to make them into habits that will stay with you. You can take as much time as you require with each module to ensure you get what you need from it, and go at your own pace.
2. Q: Can I do this course while also seeing a therapist/counsellor?
A: Yes! Although you may learn similar or different concepts/strategies for dealing with anxiety with your therapist, the work can be very much enhanced through taking the online course at the same time. We will be drawing from psychological models of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and Mindfulness theories throughout this course.
3. Q: How do I know if this course will be right for me?
A: No matter whether you are experiencing slight stress or more profound anxiety, you will receive massive benefits from your participation in this course. The more you practice doing the mindset work, the greater the results you will see. You will have an opportunity to take a quiz at the beginning of the course to assess your severity of distress which will provide guidance on how much work will be required from you.
What’s next?
The price of the course will depend on the number of users. We also offer a license arrangement.
Please leave your contact details and we will get in touch.
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An Introduction
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lessonWhat you can expect from this course
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lessonThe importance of homework
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lessonPrecaution before we begin
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lessonYour Personal Workbook and Self-Assessment
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lessonUnderstanding Your Quiz Results
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Understanding Your Anxiety
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lessonHow we will understand your anxiety by mapping itPreviewHow we will understand your anxiety by mapping it
In this module, we will map your personal anxiety response in detail so you are able to step outside of the vicious automatic cycle that you get caught in when you are triggered into a fear based response. Once you understand your cycle, you will be ready to deal with each part of it powerfully.
Turn to your workbook now (that you downloaded and printed in the previous module) or download the module 2 chapter here and follow along with me as we complete this map together:
Finding Freedom Module 2 Chapter download
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lessonMapping your triggers and negative automatic thoughts
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lessonExercise: Mapping your feelings, physical sensations, and safety behaviours
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lessonExercise: Understanding your safety behaviours and unintended consequences
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lessonExercise: Making sense of your anxiety map and deeper fears
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lessonHomework: Tracking your anxiety map
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Dealing with Physical Symptoms of Anxiety
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lessonUsing Your Workbook For Modules 3-5
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lessonInstructions for Modules 3-5
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lessonDealing with the Physical Symptoms of Anxiety
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lessonExercise: Mindful Body ScanPreviewExercise: Mindful Body Scan
Welcome to Module 3, where we deal with the physical symptoms of anxiety.
In this module, I will be showing you two exercises you will use to manage your anxiety using your body.
The first exercise we will do is a Mindful Body Scan. Listen to this guided audio exercise with eyes closed, once a day over the next week and use your workbook to track your level of distress between 0-100 before and after doing this exercise to notice what changes happen for you as you practice this strategy to elicit calmness in your body.
With continued practice, you will begin to feel more calm on a daily basis. The best times to do this exercise are normally in the morning so you can start your day feeling calm, or in the evening before you go to bed. You can also do this exercise both in the morning and in the evening to get added benefit.
Mindful Body Scan works to become an observer of what is happening in your body without resisting any sensations that may be unpleasant. This allows you to gently relax different areas of your body and release tension that you may notice with gentle awareness.
Ideally use your headphones. Find a nice and quiet place to do this exercise.
LET’S BEGIN
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lessonIntro to Progressive Muscle Relaxation
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lessonExercise: Progressive Muscle Relaxation
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Dealing with Emotional Symptoms of Anxiety
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lessonDealing with the Emotional Symptoms of Anxiety
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lessonIntroduction to Mindfulness of EmotionsPreviewIntroduction to Mindfulness of Emotions
We are beginning with an exercise that will teach you how to be mindful of your emotions, without getting caught up in them.
Often times, when we are feeling a negative emotion, we want to push it away, run away from it, or resist it. This resistance creates a secondary level of distress that actually makes us feel worse.
Join me as I introduce and demonstrate what mindfulness of emotions is here, and why it’s important to allow ourselves to FEEL all of our emotions without any judgement, before we dive into doing the next exercise.
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lessonExercise: Mindfulness of Emotions
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lessonHomework and dealing with more Intense Emotions
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lessonDeveloping a Distress Tolerance Plan
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lessonExercise: Dealing with Difficult Emotions in a Healthy Way
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lessonSelf-Soothing Using Your Sense of Smell
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lessonSelf-Soothing Using Your Sense of Touch & Sound
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lessonSelf-Soothing Using Your Sense of Sight & Taste
