Anxiety Counselling

The aim of anxiety counselling is to break the negative thought patterns and habits which may have been around since childhood or have arrived more recently. Due to stress or trauma, if your negative interpretation of situations goes unchallenged, then these patterns in your thoughts, determine your feelings and behaviours which can become part of a continuous cycle which leaves you feeling overwhelmed and out of control.

I am sure you already know the symptoms, however, I have listed a few just in case you are not aware that you may be courting anxiety, as it often wears a disguise.

• Difficulty controlling worry
• Catastrophizing your thoughts
• Restlessness feeling on edge
• Muscle tension
• Difficulty concentrating
• Rapid heartbeat
• Shortness of breath
• Excessive sweating
• Irritable
• Tearful

It’s worth remembering:

You weren’t born to be anxious; it does not define you therefore, with the help of therapy, you can learn to take back control.

There is a way through — this is the first step.

Our approach

You can expect to be working with your counsellor for 4 – 6 sessions depending on your individual challenges. You’ll start with a comprehensive 15-minute initial assessment phone call with our senior counselling consultant, Florence Gray, who will then match you with the specialist counsellor best suited to your individual needs. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an important element of our counselling toolbox, but it’s not the only therapeutic model we use. At Nightingale, we use CBT therapy in conjunction will other models of counselling to effect change.