Anxiety Counselling London

Need Help with Anxiety or Panic?

If you suffer from stress and anxiety, the symptoms can be both frustrating and debilitating. At KlearMinds, our anxiety counsellors can show you steps that you can take to regain control.

With proven techniques for overcoming anxiety, obtaining stress relief and how to cure panic attacks, we can show you how to prevent and deal with your symptoms effectively and stop them ruining your life.

 

How can CBT for Anxiety Help?

Without recourse to effective strategies for understanding and addressing stress symptoms, your anxiety and panic attacks may increase, which in turn could create major problems in your relationships, in your work and your overall wellbeing.

Our London counsellors can help you fully understand the causes of stress, anxiety and panic. We will show you essential anxiety management techniques for dealing with stress, how to stop anxiety attacks, manage stressful situations confidently and calmly and overcome panic – for good.

“I am very grateful to Maggie for helping me to see things a different way, and giving me the tools to be a better, calmer, more confident version of myself. I can honestly say I now feel happy the majority of the time and if I don’t, I know how to deal with it.”

 

What are the Benefits of Counselling for Anxiety?

Working with a KlearMinds anxiety therapist will result in two major benefits: Firstly, you will no longer feel exhausted or debilitated by your symptoms of anxiety, stress or panic. Secondly, you can build a reliable tool kit to manage current and future stress situations effectively and confidently.

Here are some of the ways that we can help you learn to become a more confident and happier person:

• Learn what causes anxiety or panic and how to regain control
• Discover how to identify anxiety or panic attack triggers and minimise their effect
• Learn how to change automatic thought, behaviour and physical symptoms which feed anxiety cycles
• Discover proven, effective panic prevention and removal strategies
• Learn stress reduction techniques to reduce the physical side effects of anxiety or panic
• Develop tailor-made coping strategies to manage stressful situations effectively
• Build a set of tools and techniques to help you to effectively prevent or manage any future anxiety

Learn more about the overall therapy approach we take when working with you here.

Anxiety Symptoms We Can Help With

Below are some of the common symptoms people experience when dealing with anxiety, stress or panic. Our CBT and anxiety counselling programme can help you find relief and develop the skills you need to minimise these symptoms and cope confidently with the challenges you face.

• Sense of dread
• Feeling constantly ‘on edge’
• Difficulty concentrating
• Difficulty communicating
• Irritability
• Easily distracted
• Dizziness
• Drowsiness and tiredness
• Pins and needles
• Irregular heartbeat (palpitations)
• Muscle aches and tension
• Heartburn
• Excessive sweating
• Shortness of breath
• Stomach ache
• Nausea
• Bowel or bladder problems
• Headaches
• Painful or missed periods
• Sleep problems

What is Anxiety?

Anxiety is a perfectly normal feeling that we all experience now and again. It’s the body’s natural ‘fight or flight’ internal alarm system to alert us to danger, which puts us into a state of apprehension or fear as a reaction to a perceived threat, situation or event. Healthy levels of anxiety can be a good thing in that it helps you stay alert and focused, motivates you to solve problems and spurs you into action.

While it’s normal to feel anxious when we face a challenging and stressful situation such as an exam, a job interview, it can be a problem when anxiety is activated during normal everyday situations. If you have overwhelming worries or fears – with or without foundation – that are preventing you from living your life to the full, you may be suffering from an anxiety disorder.

There are 5 commonly diagnosed anxiety disorders:

• Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) – Chronic anxiety, exaggerated worry and fear even when there may be little or no apparent cause.
• Panic Disorder – Unpredictable and repeated periods of intense fear, often with physical symptoms such as chest pain, irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath or stomach pains.
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) – Recurrent unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or behaviours (compulsions) that are often performed repeatedly but only provide temporary relief.
• Phobias – Overwhelming fear of something that is unlikely to be dangerous, and that may be triggered by certain objects or situations.
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – Strong feelings of anxiety that develop after exposure to a traumatic event in which serious physical harm was threatened or actually occurred.

When should I get help with my anxiety?

If you’re not sure whether your anxiety is normal or becoming an anxiety disorder, it might help to ask yourself these questions to get a clearer picture.

• Are you regularly worried, tense and irritable or always on edge?
• Is your anxiety affecting your work or relationships?
• Do you suffer from irrational fears that just won’t go away or sense danger and catastrophe around every corner?
• Do you feel that something bad will happen if you don’t do certain things in a particular way?
• Do you routinely avoid everyday situations because you feel anxious about them?
• Do you suffer from panic attacks with real physical symptoms such as chest pains, shortness of breath, nausea or stomach pains?
• Do you drink more or use drugs to cope with your anxieties?

Anxiety is a treatable condition, so there’s no reason why you should suffer in silence. Why not make an appointment with a KlearMinds anxiety counsellor to see how we can help?

Information and Self-Help Tips for Panic and Anxiety

Click the following links for some self-help tips and useful information on panic and anxiety:

How Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Can Help Treat Anxiety Disorders

Ten Tips For Managing Panic Attacks

How Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Can Help with Anxiety and Other Issues

Anxiety in the UK – Infographic

 

Take the first step towards Overcoming Anxiety, Stress or Panic

Have you had enough of feeling stressed or anxious and feel ready to change your life for the better? A KlearMinds London City based CBT and anxiety counsellor can help you regain control of your life. Why not contact us today and take the first step to improve your life.

Our Locations in Full

Visit the following links for further information on our locations:

You can find KlearMinds’ anxiety counsellors at our three convenient London locations:

• Liverpool Street
• London City
• Kensington