It’s perfectly normal to feel some degree of anxiety, sometimes. We might worry about our finances, about our jobs, our health, our parents or our children. It’s when these moments of anxiety become more than moments and our worries start to encroach upon our enjoyment of daily life, to sneak into our working day, to spoil our interactions with those we love and care about, that anxiety can be identified as a problem. Anxiety is rarely something you can deal with alone. It’s a problem that takes a team to solve. For over a decade I have successfully treated many men, women and children suffering from anxiety, and I can help you, too.
When we feel anxiety, it’s not solely in our mind, there is often also a range of physical symptoms. A surge of anxiety can cause our heart rate to speed up; we can feel shaky, unable to focus and even short of breath. If we are living with constant, low-grade anxiety this can cause us to feel extremely tired and impact our ability to concentrate.
Our mind often races with worst case thoughts that repeat and repeat on a loop of catastrophising. While it’s easy to tell ourselves we’re being silly, this doesn’t stop it happening, which only adds to the feelings of anxiety.
These are signals you need to re-set and take some time for self-care.
Don’t be embarrassed you feel this way. It’s a part of our ancient ‘fight or flight’ response, which in some people is naturally more pronounced than in others. It’s natural, not self-inflicted, or selfish, or silly.
There’s a saying, borrowed from the safety briefing we all hear before a flight departs: ‘fix your own oxygen mask in place first’. In short: be kind to yourself; it’s okay to feel this way – it’s actually not unusual. Admitting you are struggling is the first step to resolution. By acknowledging your anxiety, you are acknowledging you need support. And it’s always okay to take time for yourself to manage your mental health.
When it comes to treating anxiety there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution. Every one of us is different and so every one of my clients receives their own, bespoke, treatment plan.
I have trained in a wide range of different treatment forms that I mix and blend to create a bespoke approach for each of my patients.
I do not wave a magic wand, but what I can do is teach you techniques and strategies to help you dial down those feelings of anxiety and start to feel more accepting of the situation you are living with.
I will teach you how to have much more control over those destructive negative thoughts. I have had considerable success with Brainworking Recursive Therapy, a treatment that works while you remain in an awake state – no hypnosis required. To this I can add techniques drawn from Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Thought Field Therapy (or ‘tapping’) and other effective techniques.
Working together we can help you put overwhelming or unhelpful levels of anxiety behind you and open the door to a brighter, calmer way of living,
I offer a free 20 minute consultation to learn more about you and let you know how I can help.
My normal hours of operation are:
Monday to Friday 9am-6pm
