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Sheri Vincent, B.Sc (Psych), B.H. Admin., M.A. Counselling, Counselor

Sheri Vincent has personally come to know the overwhelming pain associated with living with anxiety and depression. Following a rape that occurred in Guatemala, while Sheri was undertaking volunteer work with street children at the age of 18, Sheri was diagnosed with delayed onset Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Generalized Anxiety disorder (GAD).

Sheri experienced many symptoms of anxiety, including gastrointestinal distress, feelings of unreality and depersonalization, anxiety (panic) attacks, agoraphobia, irregular heartbeats, an overwhelming feeling of impending doom and gloom, and many others. Her condition was a debilitating one and prevented her from participating in her work or schooling.

For many years Sheri tried to cope using medications and occasional counselling, but was unable to overcome her mistrust of the world around her. This damaged perspective led her into a highly physical and emotionally abusive relationship, which only served to further instill the PTSD symptoms and anxiety-skewed reality. It was not until Sheri was able to receive consistent counselling from a violence-intervention program, as well as guidance from her Christian community, that she was able to break free of this painful reality and work towards becoming symptom and medication free, which she has now been for over six years.

Sheri’s experience of her assault and subsequent abuse, and the overwhelming anxiety symptoms accompanying this time in her life, has allowed her to reach a place of genuine empathy and concern for those who suffer similarly. She is a caring and giving individual who desires to help others overcome the difficulties associated with existing in an anxiety-ridden reality.

Sheri has a Masters degree in the area of Marriage and Family Therapy (honors), and has been trained in the areas of individual, couple, and family counselling. This degree included extensive thesis work in the area of cross-cultural counselling. In addition, upon her graduation, Sheri received the institution’s annual Proficiency & Excellence Award in Counselling Skills. Sheri is also an Associate member of PACCC, a national counselling association.

Sheri has an international background (lived in many countries), involving a great deal of experience assisting individuals stemming from various cultures. In addition, she has also spent considerable time working with the elderly population, and has more recently worked as a counselor with children and their families in a First Nations setting. Sheri is comfortable working with individuals, children and youth/adolescents, couples, and families, and is both comfortable and competent in a cross-cultural counselling setting. She has experience in counselling individuals suffering from various forms of anxiety, post-traumatic stress, phobias, stress, depression, suicide, grief, interpersonal relationship problems (including marriage/couple counselling), self-esteem concerns, anger issues, physical/emotional/sexual abuse, domestic violence, and sexual assault.

Sheri Vincent lives in Oxbow, Saskatchewan with her husband and four children, ranging in age from six to seventeen. Sheri and her family attend and are very active in a local church.

Sheri has benefited greatly from her personal struggle and eventual victory over anxiety. Consequently, she enjoys her work as a counselor, and is passionate about assisting others overcome anxiety, as she has.

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I just wanted to write a brief message to anyone, who is considering joining anxiety centre, info, or coaching. I had my first panic/anxiety attack 16 years ago when I was in my late 20’s after going through a divorce. At the time I did not know what was happening and why. At that time there was no internet or any info readily available. But through my discussions with a friend, I found out she suffered also and she was able to give me some information and somehow I recovered, “so I thought.”

To make a long story short, last Sept, of 2007, all the symptoms returned, after the tragic death of a friend’s son, I thought to myself “oh I know what this is”, and I will get through, however the symptoms persisted and the fear cycle just got worse. I searched and searched, books, internet, and all I could think is that this is not ANXIETY this time, I must sure be going over the edge for real. However one evening I was googling and found the anxiety centre website, I read everything I could about Jim and his story, I still was very hesitant. The next day I called and a kind man answered the phone and all the questions I had, it was Jim himself. After talking to him I realized I wasn’t going mad, and there was help if I wanted it. And believe me I did. I signed up the next day for the membership, and read everything inside and out, including the symptoms sections, the testimonials and all other info as it was updated daily.

After a couple of weeks on the site I called Jim again, about getting some phone coaching. He said someone would call me in a couple of hours. And guess what? That’s’ when Sheri Vincent called me, one of the coaches. Sheri was terrific, she let me ask any questions I had, even if I was afraid, I just told her and she walked me through them. She was able to share her own experience with me, regarding her own anxiety disorder. That was very helpful and informative. We spoke weekly for many months from November until July of this year. It was the best phone call I ever made. She made me see I was totally not going mad, but was just totally stressed and she explained how this whole process of fear starts.

So, if you are deciding if you should become a member JUST DO IT, and I totally recommend the phone coaching as it compliments the whole program. I never thought I would feel that this whole experience with ANXIETY has made me a better person and made me realize, live in the moment and enjoy life and your family. I know stress happens to everyone everyday I can deal with that, but I know am NO longer afraid of anxiety, so guess WHAT I will never let it spiral out of control again.

I have learned so much, and I know this program works and it will work for you too.

Jackie, New England


A year ago today I would have never thought I would be sitting here writing about my battles with anxiety, panic attacks, and depression. My anxiety started 11 years ago. I had better periods than others, but in general, I tolerated it. I had a great social life, a great job in the beauty/fashion industry which caused me to be in the public eye every day, amazing friends and family, and all in all, I had many things many people would have dreamt of having. But I was still living within my safe zone to make sure I had as few panic attacks as possible. I still felt so stuck and numb.

One morning in May 2006, I woke up in tears. What I felt that morning was new to me. It was such a great amount of fear that it came out in a huge panic attack. This attack lasted what seemed like hours. I had never felt so anxious in my whole life. My high level of anxiety stayed with me for a year and a half. I quit my job (doctor’s order), rented out my apartment, grabbed my puppy, and moved back in with my parents within 3 days of that morning. I felt like a complete failure. I sat in my bed in my old room and just thought to myself, “You’ve really done it this time, 26 years old and back at square one, with the parents, and jobless.”

I didn’t leave my house. I stayed mostly in my bed for a good 10 months with the exceptions of my emergency visits to the hospital and going to my family doctor, psychiatrists, and many psychologists. My anxiety symptoms where flying through the roof and so many awful thoughts I felt I had no control over. I just had no understanding of what was going on in my body. I honestly started believing I was on the road to becoming majorly crazy. I developed agoraphobia, a pretty bad depression, insomnia, BIG panic attacks, I pretty much had every anxiety symptom, and I couldn’t be left alone at the house for more the 30 minutes or even sleep ALONE in my bed. The word “bad” would be a light way of describing what I was experiencing. Doctors tried to give me the quick fixes with feeding me anti-depressants and benzodiazepines. Nothing, and when I say nothing, nothing worked.

Within these 11 years, I had done my research on this condition. I believed I knew it all. I got every treatment I could possibly have gotten. You name it, I did it. Name a book, I read it. I did it all. I really had lost any hope or faith that this condition would go away. I thought I had to live with this for the rest of my life, but a tiny part of me just didn’t accept it. I didn’t want to live this life, I found a TINY bit of strength inside of me and decided to look further. I decided to surf the web and thought to myself maybe just maybe there are some people out there that suffer as much as I do. Maybe there is a site out there where I could connect or talk with someone that knew or would understand where I was coming from. Honestly, at that point I was desperate.

This is when I landed on the Anxiety Centre website. I couldn’t believe what I was reading. I thought to myself, this cannot be a scheme because they know too much about this condition, and they seemed to have lived what I am living. But most of all, they are saying they have healed and now anxiety FREE! I started imagining what it would be like to live a life without this awful condition controlling my every move, so I joined the member area. I then emailed them and got a quick email back saying I would start counselling with Sheri Vincent within that week. I really didn’t know what to expect, and honestly, it was extremely hard to believe that this would work since nothing in the past had. But this was my life, I needed to try, and I owed this to myself.

I instantly connected well with Sheri since she had been where I was. She helped me understand, helped me with the motivation I was lacking, explained to me many things I needed to know and understand and the list could go on and on. Well today I can happily say that it was the best move I have ever done. I am not fully recovered yet, but I can say that I am on the right track to recovery and I have come a long way. I am back to living my life, but most importantly, a better and healthier one.

This has changed me in so many ways. If I can do this, you can. If you are in a bad place, do this for yourself.

K.D., Canada


I would like to share my experience facing an anxiety disorder with people who are going through this hard period of life. It was about a year ago when my life dramatically changed – and, as I thought that time, irreversibly for the worse. Everything started suddenly and with no warning – one day I felt dizziness in my head, some kind of weakness in legs and overall feeling was bad – I was sure that I am going to pass out. First I thought it is nothing really serious and I need just a good sleep. But the symptoms did not go away. Even worse – they got more severe day by day. Thus from an active, successful guy with bright future I slowly became disabled person – even unable to leave my apartment.

Since doctors could not find physical health problems explaining the situation and I had a lot of free time and while sitting at home, I started to surf through Internet and found the name of my condition – anxiety disorder. I read many articles and blogs about this condition but the information didn’t help me much. Just the opposite – I found many people saying that this illness could not be treated. And the mere thought that I had to live the rest of my life like this drove me to despair.

But from my own experience I can say that it is absolutely not true, anxiety disorders are curable. And I can say this thanks to Anxietycentre.com and especially to Sheri Vincent. When I found homepage of the center I thought – “even I would not be able to describe my feelings and symptoms more precisely. They should really understand what my anxiety condition is.”

Weekly counseling with Sheri has helped me enormously. I have got my life back. And what is most surprising – this anxiety disorder has changed my life – it has made me a more relaxed and happy person.

Regards,
Andris K., Latvia


Friends,
I remember it vividly. I didn't know what was going on! Things seemed very strange, my thoughts were racing, I felt foreign all the time, panic attacks, moments of despair, and thinking I was going to die or lose my mind, and barrage of other symptoms and thoughts that are difficult to explain. If you are at this point, you know what I mean!

I felt helpless, and especially being a man. Every day was unbearable! I was seriously depressed and ready to check out of life! I remember searching countless weeks on the Internet for what I was feeling, and finally I figured it out: FEAR, more commonly known as anxiety disorder. I had an anxiety problem!

People let me assure you none of these things you are feeling are remotely true! I've been there, lived it, and lived through it. Everything seems bad when your mind and body is on high alert! I'm still here, and none of the things your mind and body are telling you are true. All it's telling you is that there is a problem. You will see irrefutable proof of this when you make it through this. And you will!

The key lies in your mind and your thoughts, and changing habits that have built up over a lifetime. You will have to make some sacrifices while going through this process of change. This is a process and will take time. This is a process and will take time. This is a process and it will take time! Did you get that?

Be patient with yourselves. You will get there. Little improvements come and you slowly get yourself back over time. You have to pay the symptoms no attention. They are only there to remind you that there is work to be done. Get back to living as if there's nothing wrong, get off the Internet, stop the anxious habit of searching and replace that attitude of fear with confidence. Soon you will start to believe it again! Yeah right, you say? That attitude is part of the problem, if it weren't true I would have no story to tell and you wouldn't be here on this site reading this. I had this as bad as anyone, and worse in most cases!

When I found Anxietycentre, what a blessing from God, no doubt! They had so much information on this subject in the members area, more than any other site I had seen. And lets face it, we are the type of people that want details!

If you reached the point of desperation that I did, get a coach/counselor. The benefits are remarkable and they can help you get to the bottom of the issues that surround this condition. In my opinion, there is only one type of person that can help someone with anxiety, and that is someone else who has lived it also. And that's what Anxietycentre is all about! I can't thank Anxietycentre enough! I am currently finishing up their program, I’m off the meds, and look forward to life again!

This is a tough journey with many ups and downs, but I can honestly say I am a better person for the experience. Hang in there people! It gets so much better. It really does! God bless!

C.W., USA


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