I help you to cope with stressful situations, strengthen your resources and regain your emotional wellbeing. Below you will find an overview of problems I can assist you with.
Generalised Anxiety Disorder
It’s exhausting constantly preparing for worst case scenarios and being occupied by a sense of impending doom. Using CBT I can help you in manage your anxiety, by enabling you to feel more grounded in your day to day. I can help to calm the “what if” worries and feel content with what is.
Depression
If you’re stuck in a cycle of procrastination and loss of motivation and struggling to find joy in your life, feeling trapped by heavy thoughts. I can help give you the tools to make each day feel lighter. We can work together to establish sustainable routines, moments of joy and optimistic thoughts.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Trauma can leave us stuck in a cycle of reliving an incident again and again. So much time can pass and yet the body still feels like it is back there, holding onto feelings of guilt, shame and anger for what happened. I can help you to break away from this trap, to reclaim your life and to process traumatic memories using evidence based techniques.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
If you’ve ever experienced that sudden rush of panic that something horrible will happen and that it is your responsibility to prevent it. If that thought has been so far from your morals that it made it question who you are, it’s likely you might be experiencing obsessive thoughts. These can vary in themes, for example; harm OCD, religious OCD and contamination OCD. I can support you in overcoming the urge to give into compulsive behaviours by helping you to identify their role in maintaining your intrusive thoughts.
Health Anxiety
If you are frequently distressed the fear that something is wrong in your body, despite medical professionals confirming you are healthy, I can help you to break away from behaviours such as avoiding topics around feared illnesses, endless researching of every symptom and body scanning.
Social anxiety
Do you constantly fear being under a spotlight in social gatherings and find it safer or easier speaking to people one to one? Do you struggle with public speakingUsing techniques I can help you quieten self critical voices that tell you “I’m going to embarrass myself” or “I look stupid”. If these voices are holding you back from interacting with others, we can work together to gain confidence in social situations.
Panic
Have you ever interpreted your racing heart as an oncoming heart attack or feeling hot as an indicator that you might faint? Has this resulted in you carrying water just in case, avoiding specific exercise or driving certain routes? I can provide you with tools to reduce the misinterpretation of physical symptoms of anxiety. Together we can help you to understand your body and challenge such beliefs, enabling you to let go of comfort behaviours and feel safe in your environment.
Low Self Esteem
If you find that you’re often comparing yourself to others, thinking everyone else is better than you or that your needs come last. We can work together to get to the root of this and enable you to develop a healthier relationship with yourself and others, helping you to feel empowered and confident in living your life authentically without
Phobias
If you experience a fear of a particular object or situation, such as heights or a snake. I can offer you the techniques to prevent avoidance and challenge your beliefs about your ability to cope when coming into contact with the feared object/situation using evidence based techniques.
Adjusting to Long Term Health Conditions
It can be really challenging to adapt to a new way of life after a diagnosis or change in your body and can often lead to a loss of identity. Chronic illness or injury requires being kinder to yourself and implementing adaptations to your day to day life. I can help you to become more accepting of these changes and challenge beliefs about the way you see your illness.