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Anxiety - Beat it, before it beats you!

Many people often ask, “how do I deal with anxiety?”

Well, there’s not a quick fix answer to this- but, there is help and hope! There are things you can do for yourself, some of which you may have tried already, but what has proven extremely effective, is when a combination of self-help is used alongside personal counselling. Adding personal counselling into the mix means that the underlying issues associated with anxiety are properly addressed and that the root cause is dealt with, not just the symptoms, thus eliminating the anxiety.

What are the symptoms?
The symptoms of anxiety vary from person to person; some of them you may recognise and include:
  • feeling a knot in your chest or stomach
  • dizzy, shortness of breath, feeling foggy 
  • sweaty palms
  • difficulty sleeping
  • difficulty concentrating
  • withdrawing from relationships that matter to you
  • feeling confused and overwhelmed
  • avoiding work and normal routines
  • feeling the worst will happen
  • feeling over-emotional or detached
    These symptoms may paralyse you and severely impact your day to day life and stop you living the life you want to live, and this is where counselling can help. If you think of a beautiful green lawn, and dotted around the lawn is the odd weed; to get rid of the weed you may cut the head off, resulting in the weed growing back. To ensure the best chance of it not returning, you would have to dig the root out. Similar to how counselling works with anxiety. To eradicate it we need to tackle the root of it, find out what is causing it and get rid of it.

    How will counselling help me?
    Since anxiety affects each person differently, counselling can help you understand your anxiety as it is for you, based on your unique circumstances and life. Counselling will also:
    • help you to understand where your anxiety started and how it developed
    • help you identify the negative patterns you have adopted
    • help you identify your symptoms 
    • help you formulate a personalised action plan to break negative patterns and eliminate symptoms 
    • provide you with the tools and strategies to cope and bring about change going forward
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