Anxiety Therapy
When worry takes over, therapy can help you find your way back to calm.
Does anxiety feel like it is running your life?
Maybe it starts the moment you wake up. A tightness in your chest, a racing mind already cycling through everything that could go wrong today. Or maybe it hits later, in social situations where everyone else seems fine and you feel like you are barely holding it together.
Perhaps you have tried to manage it on your own. Deep breaths, positive thinking, keeping busy. And some of it helps, for a while. But the worry keeps coming back. The tension in your body does not release. The what-ifs keep multiplying.
Anxiety is exhausting. It steals your sleep, your concentration, your confidence, and your ability to simply be present in your own life. But it does not have to stay this way.
How therapy helps with anxiety
My approach to anxiety combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with mindfulness. CBT helps you identify the thought patterns that fuel your anxiety and learn to challenge them with more balanced, realistic thinking. Mindfulness helps you step back from the noise in your mind and connect with the present moment, where most of the time, things are actually okay.
Together, these approaches give you practical tools you can use every day. Not just in a crisis, but in the quiet moments when anxiety whispers that something is about to go wrong. You will learn to recognise when anxiety is speaking, name it, and choose a different response.
I also consider the full picture of your life. Anxiety does not exist in a vacuum. It is often connected to life transitions, past experiences, relationship dynamics, cultural pressures, or physical health. We will explore what is driving your anxiety, not just manage the symptoms.
What to expect
Sessions are 50 minutes, typically weekly. In the first few sessions, we will build a picture of your anxiety: when it started, what triggers it, how it shows up in your body and your thoughts, and what you have already tried. From there, we will develop a personalised plan.
Most people start to notice changes within four to six sessions, though the pace is always yours. Some people benefit from short-term focused work. Others prefer longer-term therapy to address deeper patterns. We will decide together what makes sense for you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Anxiety is a natural human response that can even be helpful in the right situations. It becomes a problem when it is persistent, disproportionate to the situation, or interfering with your daily life and relationships. If your anxiety feels like more than you can manage on your own, therapy can help.
I work with generalised anxiety, social anxiety, panic, health anxiety, and anxiety related to life transitions or trauma. If your anxiety is connected to OCD or a specific phobia that requires exposure therapy, I may refer you to a specialist while continuing to support you with complementary approaches.
Yes. Mindfulness is one of the most well-researched approaches for anxiety. It works by training your brain to observe thoughts and feelings without getting caught up in them. Over time, this creates space between you and your anxiety, so you can respond with intention rather than react on autopilot.