Anxiety is a normal emotional response when something feels uncertain, unpredictable, or outside our control. We all feel anxious from time to time.

However, anxiety can become overwhelming when it builds up over time and starts to feel unmanageable.

You might notice a sense of dread. You may find yourself thinking about worst-case scenarios. You might notice that world events or things outside your control are affecting how you feel. Sometimes, you may not even know why you are feeling anxious anymore.

You may struggle to concentrate, feel tired more easily, or notice your body is constantly tense.

For many people, anxiety becomes a problem when it starts interfering with work, study, sleep, relationships, confidence, decision-making, or overall quality of life.

A lot of the people I work with are high-achieving and very capable. They often hold themselves to very high standards and put a lot of pressure on themselves. Even when they are doing well, they may find themselves overthinking, doubting themselves, worrying about how they are perceived, or feeling like they are never quite doing enough.

Generalised Anxiety Disorder

If you notice you feel anxious on most days, worry about things that have not happened, find it hard to stop worrying, or spend a lot of time thinking about the best way of doing things but struggle to take action, you may be experiencing generalised anxiety.

You may be the type of person who wants to do things well and has extremely high standards for yourself. All of this worrying, striving, and overthinking can make it difficult to focus on work or study and can impact your performance, confidence, relationships, and overall wellbeing.

Social Anxiety Disorder

If you worry about being judged negatively or perceived in a way that makes you feel self-conscious, and consequently avoid situations where you feel exposed, you may be experiencing social anxiety.

Social anxiety is more than feeling shy. It involves experiencing intense anxiety in social situations.

Some people feel comfortable around people they know but struggle more when speaking publicly, meeting new people, or interacting with people in positions of authority.

Panic Disorder

If panic attacks are part of what you are experiencing, you can learn more on my Panic Attacks page.

Specific Phobias

If you are scared of a specific object or situation and it interferes with your ability to work, study, maintain relationships, or enjoy life, support may be helpful.

Common phobias include injections, heights, spiders, snakes, flying, and thunderstorms.

Illness Anxiety Disorder

If you find yourself worrying about changes in your body, checking symptoms online, seeking reassurance from medical professionals, or avoiding health checks and tests because of fear, you may be experiencing illness anxiety.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

If obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours are causing distress or taking up significant time and energy, you can learn more on my OCD page

Depending on the anxiety symptoms you are experiencing, I work from an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework.

Together, we work on how you respond to anxious thoughts, how to make space for uncomfortable feelings, how to refocus your attention, and how to gradually approach situations that anxiety may be encouraging you to avoid.

A big part of my work is helping people recognise that anxiety does not have to make all of their decisions for them.

Rather than waiting for anxiety to disappear before living life, my aim is to help you develop the flexibility to keep moving towards what matters to you, even when anxiety is present.

My overall aim is to help you see that you still have choices, even when anxiety seems to tell you that you do not.