Anxiety can affect much more than your thoughts. You may find yourself constantly worrying, overthinking conversations, imagining what might go wrong or struggling to switch off at night. You may also notice physical symptoms such as tension, a racing heart, restlessness, difficulty sleeping or feeling constantly on edge. Perhaps you've been coping for a long time, but recently things have started to feel harder. If you're looking for anxiety counselling in Chelmsford, Oak & Willow offers a safe and supportive space to explore what you're experiencing.
Everyone experiences anxiety differently.For some people, it can be connected to particular situations or events. For others, it can feel more generalised and difficult to understand.Counselling can help you explore:
What may be contributing to your anxiety
Patterns of worrying or overthinking
How anxiety affects your body
Situations you may be avoiding
Thoughts and beliefs that keep anxiety going
How past experiences may still affect you
Ways of responding to difficult feelings
Rather than simply trying to make anxiety disappear, we can work together to understand it and develop ways of managing it that feel realistic for you.
My approach is pluralistic, which means that I draw from different therapeutic approaches depending on what may be helpful for you.This can include CBT techniques, person-centred therapy, psychodynamic exploration and somatic approaches that consider the connection between your thoughts, emotions and body.We may also explore grounding, breathing, mindfulness or nature-based practices where appropriate.
You may have become very good at appearing as though everything is fine while privately feeling exhausted by your thoughts.Counselling gives you somewhere to put those thoughts down for a while.There is no judgement and no expectation that you should already know what you need.We can simply start with where you are now.
I offer face-to-face counselling in the Chelmsford area and online counselling across the UK.If anxiety is affecting your everyday life and you're wondering whether counselling could help, please get in touch.You don't have to wait until things become unbearable before asking for support.[Get in touch]