What is anxiety?
Anxiety is a totally normal response that we all experience from time to time. But when it starts running the show, it can have a serious impact on your life. When you’re anxious, it can feel like your emotions are dialled all the way up. Your body can feel like it’s got a persistent case of the jitters – as if you’ve had one too many espressos. You might find yourself experiencing:
- Constant feelings of fear, worry, and doubt.
- Racing thoughts that won’t quiet down.
- An elevated heart-rate and shakiness in your body.
- A lingering feeling of dread.
- Nervous energy that makes you fidget, pace, or tap your foot.
- Difficulty getting things done.
- “What if” scenarios playing on repeat.
You don’t have to let anxiety call the shots. With the right support, you can manage your symptoms and find relief.
What can life after therapy look like?
My approach is designed to help you:
- Understand your brain and anxiety as a primitive instinctive response.
- Learn skills to reduce “what if” thoughts and other unhelpful thinking patterns.
- Learn effective breathing strategies to turn the dial down on anxiety.
- Develop self-compassion while challenging your anxious thoughts.
- Tackle avoidance and engage in meaningful activities you’ve longed to do.
So, how do we treat anxiety?
The gold-standard treatment for trauma, EMDR targets pivotal past experiences and uses bilateral stimulation (like eye movements or tapping) to help you process them. It’s interactive, practical, and respects your privacy by prompting the healing process physically. Basically, it rewires your brain so you can make sense of your experiences in a more positive way.
Psychodynamic
Therapy
Psychodynamic therapy explores how your past experiences shape your current thoughts and behaviours. Together, we’ll focus on identifying unconscious patterns and dynamics to help you understand yourself deeply and make lasting changes in your life.
Schema
Therapy
ACT
Therapy
Compassion
Focused Therapy
With a focus on fostering empathy, this therapy is designed to help you overcome self-criticism, promote wellbeing, and improve your relationships. With techniques like visualisation and mindfulness, it helps you develop a compassionate mindset towards yourself and others.
Ego
State Therapy
Recognising that we’re complex beings, Ego State Therapy offers a roadmap for understanding different aspects of our personality (ego states). We all have unique parts that shape our thoughts, emotions, and actions. By getting to know them, we can tackle internal conflicts and unresolved issues that may be causing difficulties in our life.
Dialectical
Behavior Therapy
DBT blends cognitive behavioural therapy with ideas from dialectical philosophy. It’s designed to help you learn new skills to improve your mindfulness, communication, relationships, and emotional control. With a comprehensive treatment approach that provides ongoing support and guidance to integrate these skills into your life.
When you’re ready,
I’m here to help.
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Yours to be messy, lonely, joyful or inspired. Whatever you need, I’m here to support you with actionable strategies, compassion and resources so you can make tangible changes to your life.
