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Victoria LeBlanc is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) specializing in marriage and family therapy. She earned her MS in Health and Human Development, with a focus on marriage and family counseling, at Montana State University–Bozeman, and has more than ten years of experience in mental health with children, families, at-risk youth and people affected by trauma.
She was program director for two group homes for adolescents, and her clinical work has included depression, anxiety, oppositional defiant disorder, crisis intervention and co-occurring disorders. Her approach draws on attachment theory, family systems theory and interpersonal theory. Since 2017 she has taught psychology online as an adjunct professor at New England College, and she coordinates and trains for Attachment Parenting International's parent-educator program as a Certified Attached at the Heart Parent Educator.
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Help & Advice
Anti-Anxiety Diet: Top 10 Anti-Anxiety Foods to Calm Your Nerves
Diet won't remove all anxiety, but some foods may help your body handle stress. See 10 anti-anxiety foods and how to build calming meals.
10 Ways to Stop and Calm Anxiety Quickly
Need to calm anxiety fast? Try these 10 quick strategies, starting with slower, controlled breathing, to ease symptoms now and build long-term relief.
Here is Why Your Anxiety Is Getting Worse
Anxiety getting worse? Everyday mistakes like alcohol, caffeine, poor breathing and moping alone can feed it. See what to do instead to break the cycle.
How What You're Wearing Can Affect Your Anxiety
What you wear won't cause anxiety, but it reflects and affects confidence. See how clothing ties into appearance anxiety and how to dress for calm.
7 Simple Tips to Reduce & Relieve Anxiety
Anxiety can't be cured overnight, but these 7 simple tips can ease it and bring some relief while you build a longer-term treatment plan.
How I Calmed My Anxiety in One Evening
You can't cure anxiety in a day, but you can calm it in one evening. Follow these simple steps, starting with a jog, to ease your symptoms tonight.
Physical Symptoms
How Anxiety Affects the Face
Anxiety can affect the face through flushing, tingling and changes to the lips and eyes. Most people still can't see anxiety on your face. See what helps.
How Anxiety May Cause Muscle Cramps
Muscle cramps can be a common anxiety symptom that makes daily life harder. See what causes them and how to overcome them.
Muscle Stiffness From Anxiety - Remedies
Muscle stiffness from anxiety comes from fight or flight keeping your body braced. See why muscles tighten and remedies that help them loosen.
Anxiety Chest Pain Is Not a Heart Attack!
Chest pain with anxiety is common and frightening. See how to tell it apart from a heart problem, and why one check-up can put your mind at rest.
Panic Attacks
Connections Between Menopause And Panic Attacks
Panic attacks aren't common in menopause, but hormone changes can trigger them. See why they happen and what helps you feel in control.
Panic Attack Symptoms and Panic Disorder
Panic attacks can mimic heart attacks and other serious illness, though anxiety is the cause. See the common symptoms and how panic disorder develops.
Medications for Panic Attacks
Medication can help panic attacks, but it isn't a cure on its own and works best with therapy. See the common options and what to know.
Tips to Cope With Panic Attacks While Driving
Panic attacks while driving are common and frightening. These tips help you stay calm behind the wheel, cope if one starts and drive with confidence again.
Other Symptoms
How Anxiety Can Impair Communication
Conversation takes a lot of mental energy, and anxiety can overload it. See how anxiety impairs listening, thinking and speaking, and what helps.
The Effects of Anxiety on the Endocrine System
Anxiety relies on your endocrine system, the glands that release stress hormones for fight or flight. See how anxiety affects hormones and your body.
Anxiety And Sleep Problems
Anxiety and sleep problems feed each other, making both harder to overcome. See why anxiety disrupts sleep and how to break the cycle.
Emotional Effects
Why Anxiety Causes a Fear of Talking
Fear of talking often comes from social anxiety, fear of judgment, or a mind too busy to find words. Simple techniques can make speaking easier.
Anxiety Frequently Causes Lethargy
Lethargy, severe tiredness and low energy, is a common anxiety symptom, not only a sign of depression. See why it happens and how to feel better.
Drugs & Medications
Can SSRIs Save You From Stress and Anxiety?
SSRIs are common medicines for anxiety and depression, but they work best alongside therapy, not alone. See how they work and what to weigh.
How Effective is Alprazolam (Xanax) for Anxiety?
Prescribed Xanax for anxiety? It works fast, but it isn't a long-term answer for everyone. Here's what to weigh, and to discuss with your doctor.
Behavioral Symptoms
Anxiety Speech Problems: Trouble Concentrating and Swallowing While Speaking
Anxiety can make it hard to concentrate and make you swallow a lot while speaking. See what happens in your body and how to speak more easily.
Simple Tricks to Deal With Anxiety and Mania
Anxiety and mania can look alike, with nervous energy and racing thoughts, but mania brings a high and personality changes. See simple ways to cope.
More topics
The Biochemistry of Anxiety
Anxiety changes your brain chemistry, and your experiences change it too, so it is treatable. See an introduction to the biochemistry of anxiety.
How Anxiety May Interfere With Your Eyes
Blurry vision or sore eyes when you're anxious? It's a known anxiety symptom and usually brief. Here's why it happens and what gives your eyes relief.
Homeopathic Remedies for Anxiety
Homeopathic remedies for anxiety are popular, but there is little evidence they work. See what homeopathy is, what studies show, and safer options.
Introduction to Anxiety Caused by Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism, too little thyroid hormone, can cause anxiety even without a history of it. Only a doctor can diagnose it, and treatment can help.
Does Coffee Cause Anxiety?
Coffee and a racing mind? Caffeine can mimic and amplify anxiety symptoms. Find out how much it matters for you and how to cut back without crashes.
Anxiety and a Suicidal Mindset
Suicidal thoughts are a sign anxiety and depression have become severe. See a counselor or call a suicide helpline now. Treatment takes time, but it works.
How to Manage Speaking Anxiety
Speaking anxiety ranges from fear of public speaking to nerves talking with friends. See why negative self-talk takes over and how to manage it.
