Anxiety

Anxieties can arise from myriad sources – thoughts and fears about ourselves, others, our relationships, work, finances, to name but a few.  Sometimes anxiety may feel so pervasive it can be hard to determine quite what it’s about – but you know it’s still there.  Probably the most common ‘management technique’ for dealing with anxiety is to attempt to avoid or ignore it, keeping yourself busy or distracting yourself when you become aware of anxiety-inducing thoughts or of the resulting tightness you may experience in your chest or the pit of your stomach.

Avoidance may work in the short-term but because it doesn’t address the problem, it doesn’t resolve the issue and the anxiety persists, along with the thoughts and feelings that can be difficult to manage. Therapy can help you move beyond avoidance to finding practical management tools that you can utilise in your everyday life. It is also a place to explore and make sense of your anxieties and it is the combination of these that provides the catalyst for change.

Relationships

There is a reason that songs, movies, books and so much in the world is about relationships.

Relationships are central to our existence and we spend a lot of time thinking about our relationships, both in the personal and work sphere. They can hugely affect how we feel about our life, whether by their prominence or absence in our life. If you are experiencing difficulty in relationships, loss, difficulty in trusting or feelings of aloneness, seeking therapy can be the beginning of new experiences.

I include here the relationship we have with ourselves. Being constantly self-critical, feeling that we are not good enough or keeping ourselves so busy or distracted so that we don’t have to be alone with our thoughts can be a tiring way to exist. If any of the above speaks to you, therapy can be lifechanging. 

Life choices, life changes.

Are you unsure what to ‘do’ with your life? Do you feel stuck or unhappy with in a job, relationship, or other situation but are not sure how to move forward? Or maybe you find that when you attempt to change things you somehow find yourself in a similar situation. Perhaps you find yourself at the end or beginning of a new phase of life involving your career, relationship or life stage. If you could benefit from some help with what comes next, either through coaching or therapy, get in touch. 

Depression

Life can be challenging and there will be times where we may feel less energetic or ‘don’t feel like ourselves’ but if this becomes prolonged then therapy can be enormously helpful. You may have found it particularly difficult to talk to friends and family about your thoughts and feelings, perhaps because you don’t want to ‘burden’ them. If so, get in touch and find a place to speak freely and work through the difficulties you are facing right now.