Anxiety doesn't have to run your life.
You may have spent years trying to get rid of anxiety, overthinking, intrusive thoughts or uncertainty.
From your first therapy session, you'll learn new ways to relate to anxiety so you can move towards the life you want, even when anxiety shows up.
Online or phone
anxiety therapy
ACT-informed
approach
Support for anxiety & panic
Each session lasts 50 mins and is £80 payable when booking.
We can discuss how many sessions may be helpful in our first session. There isn't a minimum or maximum - it's up to you.
How anxiety can take over life
Anxiety often starts small. Then gradually, without noticing, life begins to revolve around avoiding discomfort. Some of the ways this might show up are:
✓ Noticing unpleasant physical sensations and trying to stop them
✓ Avoiding certain situations that cause worrying thoughts or sensations
✓ Over-preparing for everything
✓ Constantly scanning for signs that something is wrong
✓ Lots of 'what if' thinking
✓ Putting off important decisions
✓ Seeking reassurance
Over time however, anxiety begins to make more and more decisions for you. Therapy helps you to reclaim those decisions so you can be who you want to be and live the life you want to live.
About therapy with me
Therapy with me is...
✓ Non judgemental
✓ Supportive
✓ Understanding
✓ Led by you and what you want to gain
✓ Respectful & empathic
✓ Space & time to talk & be truly heard
A place where you can...
✓ Control what we talk about, at your pace
✓ Explore thoughts, feelings & experiences
✓ Discover your own answers & insights
✓ Gain clarity & self understanding
✓ Explore new ways of being
✓ Make changes that are right for you
With skills from Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) helping you to...
✓ Discover what truly matters to you
✓ Practise and strengthen acceptance
✓ Step back from unhelpful thinking patterns
✓ Learn ways to handle challenges with flexibility
✓ Live by values, not 'what anxiety allows you to do'
✓ Learn to stay in the present moment - mindfulness
Traditional approaches often focus on reducing or eliminating symptoms which doesn't work in the long term.
There are over 200 different 'types' of therapy in the UK. My work combines Person Centred therapy (led by you) with ACT.
I first came across Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in 2016.
It has made a huge difference in my own life, enabling me to live in a way I would not have dreamt possible at the time.
It is an evidence-based approach that helps us to respond more flexibly to difficult thoughts and emotions. Instead of struggling against unhelpful thoughts and feelings or trying to eliminate them, ACT equips you with practical skills to manage anxiety when it shows up and to move forwards, being the person you want to be and living life fully.
Those skills include mindfulness, acceptance and values-based action. You don't need to wait until anxiety disappears.
Some of the ways life might be different after therapy
Therapy isn't just about managing your anxiety symptoms.
It's about building a life that feels meaningful and aligned with you
✓ Taking opportunities despite uncertainty
✓ Having more effective ways to response to stress and pressure
✓ Staying grounded in challenging moments
✓ A sense of purpose and fulfilment
✓ Being present instead of lost in your mind
✓ Living according to your values instead of your fears
✓ Letting intrusive thoughts come and go without getting trapped in them
✓ Doing the things that the you without anxiety would want to be doing
The goal isn't to never
feel anxious again.
The goal is to stop anxiety from running your life, deciding what you can and can't do
What previous clients have noticed through our work together...
Please note that I am not able to provide testimonials due to confidentially guidelines from our professional member body the BACP
Improved ability to be present.
Anxiety loves to predict what will happen in the future!
More freedom to make choices based on values, rather than fear
Greater ability to choose how to act in the face of procrastination and rumination
Your first therapy session..
If you would like to address your anxiety and develop a fulfilling life, here is an overview of what to expect during your first therapy session.
🌿 Getting to know you and what has brought you to seek therapy.
🌿 Talking through what you would like to get from our work together.
🌿 What challenges you are currently experiencing and the patterns that are keeping you stuck.
🌿 Clarifying what truly matters most to you (values).
🌿 A brief explanation of the ACT approach, exercises and experiential work.
🌿 We'll also discuss practical things like confidentiality, how to make and alter
appointments, frequency of sessions and whether this is the right approach for you.
The first session is an opportunity to gently begin building a therapeutic relationship, map out what you are struggling with and the direction you'd like to move in.
We may be a good fit if...
✓ You are tired of battling your thoughts and feelings
✓ You've tried strategies before but still feel stuck
✓ You want practical skills that are proven
✓ You are willing to learn new ways of responding
✓ You want to live guided by values not fear
If you have low level anxiety or a general life and direction boost is more what you are looking for,
you may be interest in coaching instead