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Anxiety

Anxiety is one of the most common reasons that lead people to seek therapy. While anxiety is a natural emotion that everyone experiences, for some people it can become overwhelming and start to interfere with their everyday life, relationships, work, and overall wellbeing.

Anxiety can take many forms. It can look like persistent worry, overthinking, difficulty relaxing, imagining worst case scenarios, or avoiding situations that feel stressful or uncertain. Anxiety can also affect how we feel about ourselves and our relationships, leading to feelings of self-doubt, insecurity, people-pleasing, or fear of making mistakes. Some people struggle with specific forms of anxiety, such as generalised anxiety, social anxiety, health anxiety, or panic attacks.

Therapy begins with developing an understanding of the factors that contribute to your anxiety, and the patterns of thinking and behaving that may be maintaining it. This may also involve exploring early experiences and environments where anxiety developed as an understandable response to challenges or unmet emotional needs. Depending on your needs and goals, therapy may draw on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Therapy for anxiety can help you to regulate strong emotions more effectively, think in more balanced and flexible ways, and better cope with uncertainty. It can also help you to reconnect with activities and relationships that are meaningful to you and engage more fully with life.